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.
Sometimes I wish I could run
Home to mama's lovin' arms
In the springtime when the weather's fine
Sittin' with her on the porch
Glass of tea and nothin' more
Than her smile, for just a little while
When I don't know where to go
I think of home and how she used to sing to me
She sang
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
Wild horses and fairy tales
Sometimes turn into somethin' else
That you never saw comin' at you at all
So I guess I'm callin' just because
He wasn't who I thought he was
And I can't believe he stopped lovin' me
So when I'm feelin' all alone
I think of home and how you used to sing to me
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
I got babies of my own
And I'm the one they're countin' on
To be here for every little tear, and I'll sing
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
In all you do, I'll pray for you
Home to mama's lovin' arms
In the springtime when the weather's fine
Sittin' with her on the porch
Glass of tea and nothin' more
Than her smile, for just a little while
When I don't know where to go
I think of home and how she used to sing to me
She sang
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
Wild horses and fairy tales
Sometimes turn into somethin' else
That you never saw comin' at you at all
So I guess I'm callin' just because
He wasn't who I thought he was
And I can't believe he stopped lovin' me
So when I'm feelin' all alone
I think of home and how you used to sing to me
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
I got babies of my own
And I'm the one they're countin' on
To be here for every little tear, and I'll sing
?Que Sera, Sera? life goes on
Whatever's meant to be will always be
And baby, what don't kill you will make you strong
Just love the journey that you're on
In all you do, I'll pray for you
In all you do, I'll pray for you
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Pray For You Lyrics as written by Aimee Mayo John Shanks
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