| Enigma – Out from the Deep Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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My take on the song is not as enigmatic (pun intended) as the others listed. I just rediscovered the song and find it haunting. And very catchy in its simple refrain. My initial thought was that it was a pro-science song about evolution. We came out from the deep (the ocean) and we are here to learn to love and live - not hate and kill. In regard to the references to the mistakes we made, our many lives and hundreds of years, my interpretation is that its a commentary on colonialism and our many wars. The many lives are many generations, and hundreds of years refers to how, as a species we are actually becoming less violent and there is less death, not more. See Pinkers' "Angles of our Better Nature" for detail on that. I see how it's easy to read a very spiritual message into the words. They are somewhat vague because...well Enigma, right? In sum, even if it were complete nonsense, I cannot get this tune and the catchy refrain out of my head. Ultimately, every person has to decide for themselves, why are we here? Ah, THAT is why we are here! Sing it again! I M Probulos Author, Amazon, (over 30 books) |
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