He is talking about his selective memory, especially when intoxicated, (you kinda remember talking to an attractive woman so in the morning you assume you were a stud) A camera lens only focuses on one part of what is happening, only one eye open. He focuses on what he wants to remember.
The red yellow black white stanza refers to the way people might know what the Bible says about God loving everyone, but we still look at the world with an ethnocentric persepective (we must spread democracy because our way is better than everyone else's), we only absorb a limited part of the Bible and ignore some of the broad meanings(love God, love others as yourself).
He is talking about his selective memory, especially when intoxicated, (you kinda remember talking to an attractive woman so in the morning you assume you were a stud) A camera lens only focuses on one part of what is happening, only one eye open. He focuses on what he wants to remember. The red yellow black white stanza refers to the way people might know what the Bible says about God loving everyone, but we still look at the world with an ethnocentric persepective (we must spread democracy because our way is better than everyone else's), we only absorb a limited part of the Bible and ignore some of the broad meanings(love God, love others as yourself).