| Johnny Clegg – Rolling Ocean Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this is a song of praise to God: "You are what you are, you be what you are" is a second person translation of Yahweh's "I am what I am". Seems a awfully lot like Johnny's referencing Christ here: "They saw you walking wounded Wearing rags of glory" And now that we're talking about spiritual ideas, this last verse seems like it references the human condition God has placed us in here: "Suffer little children Suffer sister, brother too Suffer mother, father That’s all the world can promise you In our hearts we feel it A mighty dream is coming true Hold on and we’ll dream it Keep it up we’re going to push it through Don’t give it up, don’t give it up" I've heard this song since my mom used to play it in the 90's, never thought of the lyrics in this way. Very touching. |
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