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What The World Is Waiting For Lyrics
Here comes the wise man
And there goes the fool
Can you see the burned out world that he is living in
I don't need to look for the rules
Here comes the donkey
Chained to a ten ton plough
He'll never make that hill in a million years
Whip crack, beat him down
He loves his brother he'd sell him for a fistful of gold
But he needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No I don't believe a word
Take me any way the wind blows
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
Here comes the wise man
And there goes the fool
Can you see the burned out world that he is living in
I don't need to look for the rules
He loves his brother he'd sell him for a fistful of gold
But he needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No I don't believe a word
Take me any way the wind blows
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
Anytime you want it, then it's there
All you gotta do is stop me
On the corner and ask
Say hey, you don't live today
Stop the world
Stop the world
I'm getting off
I'm getting off
Can't get enough
I'm getting off
And there goes the fool
Can you see the burned out world that he is living in
I don't need to look for the rules
Chained to a ten ton plough
He'll never make that hill in a million years
Whip crack, beat him down
But he needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No I don't believe a word
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
And there goes the fool
Can you see the burned out world that he is living in
I don't need to look for the rules
But he needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No I don't believe a word
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
All you gotta do is stop me
On the corner and ask
Say hey, you don't live today
Stop the world
Stop the world
I'm getting off
Can't get enough
I'm getting off
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I think the song is about self-realisation and being happy in yourself. Not needing to conquer others to find happiness. The song refers directly to the musical theatre production 'Stop the World - I Want to Get Off' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_World_-_I_Want_to_Get_Off). In it a man plans his success and searches for something better than he has but, after all his greed and ambition, realises that he had all he needed in the beginning to be happy, he just didnt know it.
Greed? Capitalism and Communism?
another underated roses song. wot is it about tho?
Firstly this is a classic Stone Roses song. As for the meaning I think there's a lot of Biblical stuff in there like in other Stone Roses songs. The "He loves his brother he'd sell him for a fistful of gold" kinda reminds me of the story of Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat though though, haha.