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The Sea Change Lyrics
Six billion backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
This puzzle's falling into place,
once more around the sun.
Remember when you were a kid,
those days were all so long.
But if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
Three billion backs against the wall,
a prayer for everyone.
We saw the changing at the sea,
but not a thing was done.
Remember when you could rely,
those days are all but gone.
And if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
If we don't do this,
somebody else will,
somebody else will.
One billion backs against the wall,
At lease our feet were dry.
I was an island to myself,
this storm would pass me by.
Remembering the things I did,
I knew I would survive.
But if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
If we don't do this,
somebody else will,
somebody else will.
One million backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
One thousand backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
One hundred backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
It's just your back against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
Remember when you were a kid,
those days are all but gone.
But if we don't do this,
nobody else will.
If we don't do this,
nobody else will,
nobody else will.
now do we walk or run?
This puzzle's falling into place,
once more around the sun.
Remember when you were a kid,
those days were all so long.
But if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
a prayer for everyone.
We saw the changing at the sea,
but not a thing was done.
Remember when you could rely,
those days are all but gone.
And if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
If we don't do this,
somebody else will,
somebody else will.
At lease our feet were dry.
I was an island to myself,
this storm would pass me by.
Remembering the things I did,
I knew I would survive.
But if we don't do this,
somebody else will.
If we don't do this,
somebody else will,
somebody else will.
now do we walk or run?
One thousand backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
One hundred backs against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
It's just your back against the wall,
now do we walk or run?
Remember when you were a kid,
those days are all but gone.
But if we don't do this,
nobody else will.
If we don't do this,
nobody else will,
nobody else will.
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I believe this song is about the world dying due to people ignoring their responsibilities to protect it.
The population drops throughout the song, from 6 billion down to 1. This is implies that people are dying because the world is changing - possibly due to climate change.
The "Back against the wall" lyric implies that the people are cornered, and that they can no longer run, they have to face the changes that are upon them.
"If we don't do this, somebody else will" lyric changes to "If we don't do this, nobody else will". This shows that in the beginning the human race were happy to leave it to other people, future people, to resolve the problems...however the lyric then changes to reflect a moment of realisation.
Beautiful interpretation for a beautiful song... However, besides the meaning that you got about the world (nature) slowly falling apart, I sometimes get a deeper feeling that they're singing about a growing alienation among people themselves, which then results in complete lonelyness (six billion dropping down to one) and incompetence to deal with any problem, be it personal or of group interest.
Beautiful interpretation for a beautiful song... However, besides the meaning that you got about the world (nature) slowly falling apart, I sometimes get a deeper feeling that they're singing about a growing alienation among people themselves, which then results in complete lonelyness (six billion dropping down to one) and incompetence to deal with any problem, be it personal or of group interest.
Somehow, maybe a changing of the sea means a changing of the society into a completely lonely place in spite all the progress made to connect peple around the globe...
Somehow, maybe a changing of the sea means a changing of the society into a completely lonely place in spite all the progress made to connect peple around the globe...
Sometimes when I listen to this song I...
Sometimes when I listen to this song I understann it as a sort of a "wake op call", but not only to preserve nature and engage actively to save it, but also to become aware of the jaded and bitter society that surrounds me, to not give up, to run away from the place it cornered me into and to count on people near me, because I'm not yet alone to deal with it. If anybodys gonna "do it" it has to be US, not them, and it has to be now before it's to late and I realise I can't do it alone.
Maybe I'm just reading into it too much. I'm a sociologist, by the way.