This song is definitely about "escaping the Matrix", so to say. About accepting the truth, escaping the mundane, slaving life on ordinary workers. However, if we're to say he's a Neo-character escaping the Matrix, he hasn't got anyone there to help him escape (i.e Morpheus, Trinity) and he wants someone to come along and heal him, help him be free.
"Is it really me now- could this be the real thing?"
Refers to the "My life hasn't begun yet" mentality that runs through most people's life, he's wondering if his meaningless existence is all life has to offer him.
"Learn how to give and take it all"
Know how to kill, but also how to create.
I think the "signs on the wall" they keep referring to are a metaphor for political activity, clues, conspiracies. Being informed, knowing what is going to happen.
It could be that when the vocals suddenly change at "Think don't think- what can you see" is when someone turns up to heal him, to share wisdom and help him be free. "Now as I change my point of view" and the amazing lyrics that follow it are him being freed with this persons help, seeing the world now as a beautiful place, and the last lyric of the verse "Imagine you're a super star, you're gonna fly you're gonna go far".. Is really weird. Perhaps he's saying that after all this realisation, he's just become another dreamer.
Other than that I mostly agree with Edboy. And what an awesome song, very similar to Opportunity, another amazing song.
This song is definitely about "escaping the Matrix", so to say. About accepting the truth, escaping the mundane, slaving life on ordinary workers. However, if we're to say he's a Neo-character escaping the Matrix, he hasn't got anyone there to help him escape (i.e Morpheus, Trinity) and he wants someone to come along and heal him, help him be free.
"Is it really me now- could this be the real thing?" Refers to the "My life hasn't begun yet" mentality that runs through most people's life, he's wondering if his meaningless existence is all life has to offer him.
"Learn how to give and take it all" Know how to kill, but also how to create.
I think the "signs on the wall" they keep referring to are a metaphor for political activity, clues, conspiracies. Being informed, knowing what is going to happen.
It could be that when the vocals suddenly change at "Think don't think- what can you see" is when someone turns up to heal him, to share wisdom and help him be free. "Now as I change my point of view" and the amazing lyrics that follow it are him being freed with this persons help, seeing the world now as a beautiful place, and the last lyric of the verse "Imagine you're a super star, you're gonna fly you're gonna go far".. Is really weird. Perhaps he's saying that after all this realisation, he's just become another dreamer.
Other than that I mostly agree with Edboy. And what an awesome song, very similar to Opportunity, another amazing song.