He sounds like he's trying to make sense of religion and spirituality. The chorus is obviously a prayer asking for understanding.
But the song explores ideas from different religions. For example:
"we keep on returning because the lessons need learning" sounds like reincarnation according to one's karma.
"in the year 2011, the people of the sun return to free the righteous children" sounds like an idea similar to several apocalyptic religions and/or cults that predict the year of the end of the world.
Meanwhile, the part where he speaks of "revolution" and "babylon" sound positively rastafarian.
Where he concludes "I'll just move the crowd", it sounds like he's just going to keep on doing what he's doing now, ie. performing, because after all the time he spent "sitting on a cloud" trying to figure it all out, he still hasn't got the answers.
He sounds like he's trying to make sense of religion and spirituality. The chorus is obviously a prayer asking for understanding.
But the song explores ideas from different religions. For example: "we keep on returning because the lessons need learning" sounds like reincarnation according to one's karma. "in the year 2011, the people of the sun return to free the righteous children" sounds like an idea similar to several apocalyptic religions and/or cults that predict the year of the end of the world. Meanwhile, the part where he speaks of "revolution" and "babylon" sound positively rastafarian.
Where he concludes "I'll just move the crowd", it sounds like he's just going to keep on doing what he's doing now, ie. performing, because after all the time he spent "sitting on a cloud" trying to figure it all out, he still hasn't got the answers.