Tomorrow People

This song has a very strong meaning to me. In my point of view, the past is not more important than the future, that's why I sing this song in my heart and telling all the tomorrow people, "where is your past???"

I like the song, but the lyrics are vague and do not really explain themselves. The underlying theme seems to be a lack of past, and thus a lack of identity among contemporary youth. However, that's all that is really offered, and the lyrics simply repeat themselves.

My question is why does Ziggy (presumably) take the position that today's youth are ignorant of their past? What is his evidence?

Again, the song is a good one, but never really gets past the course in my opinion. Thus, it's somewhat of an incomplete/unfinished thought.

This song is about selfishness and greed exhibited by the United States.

The U.S. is a relatively young country; it doesn't have a past that dates back centuries like many countries. The song infers that all the U.S. cares about is what it can gain from tomorrow, but it does not value it's ancestry.

So this song is labeling the U.S. as the "Tomorrow People."

Honoring the past is about honoring one's people and heritage. But the U.S. does not do that. It has no love:

"If there is no love in your heart -- so sorry."

The U.S. is advanced technologically, but according to the songwriter, the U.S. does not use it's abundance to help 3rd world countries that are less fortunate:

"So you're in the air But you still don't have a thing to spare"

In other words, the U.S. is so abundant that it has airplanes. However, the U.S. is not generous enough to share their prosperity with others:

"You're flying high While we're on the low o-o-oh"

Ultimately, the song is saying that while the U.S. is wealthy and prosperous, it has nothing of real value because it has no love. It does not help other people or nations.