This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
When I was young I dreamed about
Oh so many places
When I was young I never thought I'd be afraid
The years go by and with them comes
Oh so many changes
You know what I mean
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
And in my youth I realized nothing lasts forever
I find myself remembering those happy days
Follow me, I'll show you all the colors of the rainbow
You know what I mean
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
Don't wait, don't be late
You don't have a second left to hesitate
Walk, talk, do it all
Nothing you can do will break the fall
Turn and turn
Tell me what are you seeing
Clear your mind
If you want to be free
Be there
Turn around expectations
Say 'goodbye' to complications
Be there, be there
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
I pray
I pray
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
I pray
I pray
I pray there's another day
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
Oh so many places
When I was young I never thought I'd be afraid
The years go by and with them comes
Oh so many changes
You know what I mean
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
And in my youth I realized nothing lasts forever
I find myself remembering those happy days
Follow me, I'll show you all the colors of the rainbow
You know what I mean
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
Don't wait, don't be late
You don't have a second left to hesitate
Walk, talk, do it all
Nothing you can do will break the fall
Turn and turn
Tell me what are you seeing
Clear your mind
If you want to be free
Be there
Turn around expectations
Say 'goodbye' to complications
Be there, be there
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
I pray
I pray
I pray there's another day
Sunshine on the morning water
What a day was yesterday, hm
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
I pray
I pray
I pray there's another day
I pray there will be an answer
I pray
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