Somehow I turn around and see
My nerves break down inside
Maybe you might know much more than me
So tell me what is right to say
Down the weakness of my soul
Lie the secrets, and I know
There's something pushing back
Wish my hands could turn to gold
And my heart would break the cold
To give my thoughts some sense
The turn is close, new century
Still people think they're kings
Now you've got your voice,
Your own speech
Don't wait 'till someone else agress
Swimming naked of beliefs
And responsabilities
Just feel the sea of bliss
Mother nature brings to me
In fantastic purity
Everything I need
Like a teenager discovery
What's more delightful than this?
Try to remember how good it was
Feeling the life as it is
To believe!
New world was born out of man's dreams
Now we walk on our own
The angels cried, you've heard them weep
But now it's time to make them sing!
Swimming naked of beliefs
And responsabilities
Just feel the sea of bliss
Mother nature brings to me
In fantastic purity
Everything I need
Like a teenager discovery
What's more delightful than this?
Try to remember how good it was
Feeling the life as it is
To believe!
My nerves break down inside
Maybe you might know much more than me
So tell me what is right to say
Lie the secrets, and I know
There's something pushing back
Wish my hands could turn to gold
And my heart would break the cold
To give my thoughts some sense
Still people think they're kings
Now you've got your voice,
Your own speech
Don't wait 'till someone else agress
And responsabilities
Just feel the sea of bliss
Mother nature brings to me
In fantastic purity
Everything I need
What's more delightful than this?
Try to remember how good it was
Feeling the life as it is
To believe!
Now we walk on our own
The angels cried, you've heard them weep
But now it's time to make them sing!
And responsabilities
Just feel the sea of bliss
Mother nature brings to me
In fantastic purity
Everything I need
What's more delightful than this?
Try to remember how good it was
Feeling the life as it is
To believe!
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Seems to me to be a song about the essential nature of human life - one which is closer to the natural world and joy instead of the misery brought forth by modern society. The line "The angels cried, you've heard them weep" will be expanded in the album Angel's Cry and is very directly about modern sorrow and the false illusion of happiness of modern society.
This song also says that once someone finds this "inner voice", more in touch with their own nature and the natural world it's also a duty to pass the word forward and tell people that a simpler life of love to everything around you is better than living what some would call "the american dream" - working your life away in exchange for money to buy petty possession that never seem to bring us true happiness. "now it's time to make them sing!" is an example of this responsibility - and for singing you don't need anything but your own voice and maybe a guitar to go along with it, something much easier to acquire than say a car or a luxury apartment.
"people think they're kings" references how people think they need so many luxuries to be happy or fulfilled. "Don't wait 'till someone else agrees" shows that you'll likely be one in a hundred by refusing the "standard" way of life and if you're waiting for someone to tell you it's OK to look for true happiness then you'll never do it because everyone else is obsessed with money and competition.
"Swimming naked of beliefs and responsibilities / mother nature brings to me in fantastic purity everything I need" - again shows that humans can be happy with next to nothing and that modern pressures like credit card bills, taxes, health insurance and so on makes us distant from these ideals. Those with literary knowledge will notice the bucolic themes here are probably inspired by the Romantic movement and is also found in many other Angra songs from this era.
I don't think this song is telling you to drop everything and go live naked near a lake in the woods but instead just to remember that we stress way too much about things that are not important or that don't bring us happiness. We should be more worried about our own well-being than having the most high-paying job or latest car model. The simple things in life like singing, dancing, swimming and loving are abundant and most of the time free of charge.
"Zur Incognita Terra Oceanus", or "Unknown Land Behind the Oceans"
there was 1 time i went to a workshop with kiko loureiro and asked him the meaning of the title´s song, but he just said "next question"