We Are the People

My interpretation of this song is about death. Death of someone who is a soulmate, your other special half that makes you feel whole. And mourning about it.

My evidence is the video.

Beginning: We start off with a view of a sky from below. There is light. This symbolises heaven and "seeing the light" as one would describe when they die. Trivially, this foreshadows the ending of the video as the two characters have fainted and seeing their view from below.

From here, we see the journey of the passing away of a soulmate and his journey to the next realm.

Now, we get images of death. The skull, grim reaper face, and graveyard. We get a sense of impending death. The bike tumbled upside down suggests end of journey. The sense of impending death is furthered by the two characters dying in the heat of the environment. The setting reinforces impending death as the desert is a wasteland, harsh, hot, and unsuitable for life. A clip of digging expands the sense of impending death as reminds the watcher of digging up graves.

The two meet a man. The setting is an archway. This creates a sense of ascension, a port way to somewhere. The meeting reminds me of two situations: overviewing and reviewing one's life after death and getting lost in the realm. However, the two characters doesn't actually enter the archway so I presume the setting is just for imagery/symbolism or could be not choosing that path for some reason. I did not bother to translate the spanish subtitles so there could be some additional things I missed out.

We see a building. A lady. An entrance. The entrance continues the idea of ascension, port way to somewhere. The lady. Hmm... Grim reaper? Beautiful death? I do not know. She gives the character a skull. It could mean the character is given the truth that he dead and/or embracing death (or comically, given some weed :P )

Transition to waterfalls. Ahh, the soothing part of the video. The contrast from the hot climate to cooling waterfalls is very striking and effective. Symbolises the transition to heaven or spiritual enlightment/peace. =D We are shown this playground-like building thingy. The stairs remind me of ascension. The whole feel of inhabiting this area produces an atmosphere of a sanctuary.

Now we are back in the harsh environment. I assume this is the perspective of the character who lost their soulmate. At the same time, the lyric "I know everything about you, You know everything about me" comes to this scene. Reminds the watcher of the two soulmate's connectedness. Then we are shown some culture; parading through the streets. Creates this sense of "back on Earth" feel to emphasise the character who loss their soulmate situation that this character must continue life without his/her soulmate. There are crucifixes and the girl with grim reaper facepaint, things associated with death, in this scene.

Then we get another jolt of "coming back to reality" through another transition. It repeats the beginning with an image of a graveyard. The two characters fainted in a pit suggesting this whole video journey was a dream/hallucination. However, it symbolises death and journey of ascension. :)

As for the biker staring at beginning and end, I think it just a comedic effect. :P Tho my intuition feels there is some more meaning behind the biker..

Dogs represent wandering and I dunno what the insect scene shows. The dire survival in the harsh environment? Bleh.