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Melanie Safka – Peace Will Come (According to Plan) Lyrics 6 years ago
Does this song warrant a darker interpretation?

(seems to be "buy one" not "be one" based on listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4DW-k7lRM and https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie )

There is repeated references to "man" and not just as in "humankind":
According to plan, according to man
but then:
And the world becomes a man

and
And my hands are playing the sand
later becomes:
And our hands are clutching the sand

and
Will our blood become a part of the river

in her intro in her 1973 performance of "Beautiful People" she refers to her more innocent past, 10 years before. https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie/disc2/03.02.+Beautiful+People.mp3

so is this a turn toward darkness through the song, and hence the cynical interpretation of "buy one" turning on the Peace call.

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