| INXS – Mediate Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| A woman. No woman in particular. Just a woman. "Kate" fulfills the songs rhyming scheme. | |
| INXS – Mediate Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Its definitely not just a bunch of random words. See my previous post. | |
| INXS – Mediate Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Not a lot of logic in these posts. So I thought I would explain. The lyrics are written a few phrases at a time. "Mediate" means to "to work with opposing arguments to bring about an agreement". So the lyrics do just that, in sections. Overall the song is about love vs hate.... The first part is about society's need to end hate (which is a common theme in INXS and Hutchence's lyrics... notice the constant peace signs in the video?) Also, don't forget that the Farris Brothers were going to be a Christian band in the early years of forming their band... they were very religious, though Michael rebelled against the Church and Christianity... "Hallucinate Dessegregate Mediate Alleviate Try not to hate Love your mate Don't suffocate on your own hate Designate your love as fate" He is saying society sees humanity incorrectly... people need to stop segregating people into special groups and instead mediate the issues and alleviate the burdens and end hate... love your partner, stop the hate and accept that you can have a path in life filled with love. "A one world state As human freight The number eight A white black state" A one world state a la Naziism, New World Order, one race nation, etc etc... in which humans are viewed as products... the number 8 symbolizes "chance", such as the Ying yang, or the black/white 8 ball in billiards, which ends the game when shot. A white/black state meaning two things: 1) viewing the world in white/black (living with an ignorant mind), 2) a world where white and non-whites are segregated (which comes back around to the beginning of the song). "A gentle trait The broken crate A heavy weight Or just too late Like pretty Kate has sex ornate A gentle trait is characteristic of light, positivity, and good things about humanity, but those things can still not overcome the burdens placed on individuals by society... humans once again treated like products, cargo in a box, breaking from the weight of our existence... maybe its too late to overcome these problems. "Like pretty Kate has sex ornate"... I think this is straight forward. A woman is all dolled up and has very delicate complex sex, not rough animal-like sex. But maybe he is saying that Kate has missed her opportunity for rougher sex because she is too focused on her appearance? Or maybe her period is late and she is going to have a child and now her appearance doesn't matter? Idk this one. The next verse plays back and forth with the idea of mediation of our existence... "Now devastate -- total ruination Appreciate -- absolve ruination and see the value Depreciate -- lose value Fabricate -- create from scratch Emulate -- copy what is good The truth dilate" -- and now you can see the truth "Special date The animal we ate Guilt debate The edge serrate A better rate The youth irate" This being straight forward.... two people having a special dinner date, eating meat and then debating being guilty for eating meat (Hutchence was a vegetarian), as the knife cuts the meat, the conversation is also a hot topic, such as one that younger people are angry about (the youth irate). Refraining from eating meat helps one to live longer ("a better rate" in life). I know the video shows a special date being Hiroshima, but that was not the intention when the song was written. Back again to playing off of the mediate concept with the lyrics a little bit... "Deliberate - discuss our existence with each other Fascinate - gain enlightenment Deviate - lose enlightenment Reinstate - learn from our mistakes Liberate - regain enlightenment and and break through the oppression To moderate - use resources moderately Recreate - continue our existence Or detonate - end our existence Annihiliate - really end our existence Atomic fate - really really end our existence Mediate" - discuss this problem Now the mediate concept is dropped and the lyrics discuss just one side to the discussion, most likely being the solution that Hutchence/Farris agree with: "Clear the state - remove the government's power Activate - bring about change Now radiate - things will get better A perfect state - things will become perfect Food on plate - no world hunger Gravitate - make change The Earth's own weight - make change on a global scale Designate your love as fate" - make love your guiding force "At ninety-eight we all rotate".... this phrase brings it all together to explain that we are all one. Every humans' internal temperature is approximately 98 degrees. We all live and exist at the same temperature, all over the world. The song initially comes off as a bunch of random words that rhyme, but there is quite a bit of meaning and intention in the lyrics. Aside from a short piece about vegetarianism, the song is about how we need to communicate with each other so that we can overcome our problems and end hate. |
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| INXS – Mediate Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| The VIDEO is an homage, not the song. | |
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