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There's a leafless tree in Asia,
Under the sun there's a homeless man,
There's a forest fire in the valley
Where the story all began.
What will be our last thought,
Do you think it's coming soon,
Will it be of comfort
Or the pain of a burning wound?
All we are trying to say
Is we are all we've got.
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop.
Ah! Never stop.
You're an ocean full of faces
And you know that we believe
We're just a wave that drifts around you
Singing all our hopes and dreams.
We look around in wonder
At the work that has been done
By the vision of our Father
Touched by his loving Son.
All we are trying to say
Is we are all we've got.
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop.
Under the sun there's a homeless man,
There's a forest fire in the valley
Where the story all began.
What will be our last thought,
Do you think it's coming soon,
Will it be of comfort
Or the pain of a burning wound?
Is we are all we've got.
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop.
Ah! Never stop.
And you know that we believe
We're just a wave that drifts around you
Singing all our hopes and dreams.
At the work that has been done
By the vision of our Father
Touched by his loving Son.
Is we are all we've got.
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop.
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Submitted by
weezerific:cutlery On Jan 06, 2002
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I heard this song for years and assumed it was just a love song. At some point I realized it came our during the Viet Nam war and it's actually a protest song - the words make much more sense now.
Maybe I shoud elaborate on what I said above. Well, the song mentions a homeless man in ASIA. The Asia reference should be obvious (Vietnam, Korean war). Homeless inplies that his home was either destroyed or he had to flee from it. A Forest Fire in the Valley could be referring to the napalm that was being using in the Vietnamese jungles.
"What will be our last thought.... pain of a burning wound." refers to the soldiers fear of being shot and dying.
"All we are trying to say... is we are all we got" is hope that it'll get better. And it could easily be sympathetic to the people protesting the war. (All we are trying to say ... is give peace a chance).
"You're an ocean full of faces..." I think describes how the Moodies see their audience (perhaps when playing live). They're sending this message to all who will listen.
"We look around in wonder, at the work that has been done..." I think is hope again. We (humans) have the ability to do good things and we shouldn't give up striving for that. The 'wonder' is that people can fly a man to the moon (for example) but still have wars to kill each other. "By the vision of our Father..." could be that god instilled good in us - again, we should strive to embrace that.
GREAT SONG!!!!
I've always thought that this song (one of my all time favorite Moodies/Hayward songs) is full of Christian themes. The leafless tree could refer to the cross, and remember that Israel is actually part of Asia. Jesus says "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head" - sounds like a homeless man to me. Likewise "the vision of our father, touched by his loving son" could certainly be a reference to God the Father and Christ the Son.
I was listening to this while running today. It absolutely has Christian themes. I thought about the leafless tree in Asia as possibly when Jesus cursed the fig tree as a metaphor for Jerusalem in the days prior to his crucifixion.
I was listening to this while running today. It absolutely has Christian themes. I thought about the leafless tree in Asia as possibly when Jesus cursed the fig tree as a metaphor for Jerusalem in the days prior to his crucifixion.
@phinegan, Graeme himself admitted it was about the conflicts in Viet Nam, agent orange, and the lyric about "the pain of a burning wound" refers to the little girl that was running naked that was on fire. Ironically, Graeme has admitted that he's an Agnostic.
@phinegan, Graeme himself admitted it was about the conflicts in Viet Nam, agent orange, and the lyric about "the pain of a burning wound" refers to the little girl that was running naked that was on fire. Ironically, Graeme has admitted that he's an Agnostic.
@phinegan The first time I heard it, like a 100 years ago. I completely believed it was about God and Son. Especially the line: You look around in wonder at the work that has been don... I learned the song on guitar that same day. It's still one of my favorites to play to this day! jb
@phinegan The first time I heard it, like a 100 years ago. I completely believed it was about God and Son. Especially the line: You look around in wonder at the work that has been don... I learned the song on guitar that same day. It's still one of my favorites to play to this day! jb
Let me add that I've never understood interpreting this song as a protest against the Vietnam war - I don't think the analogy holds up.