It's surprising no one has commented yet! Well, I'll give it a go.
I think I read somewhere that Teng said she wrote this after a surge of writer's block.
I don't think there's much of an underlying meaning here. It's meant to be an uplifting song, and it's good to listen to when you're feeling hopeless or depressed.
It's basically saying, we have to make the best out what we have (a broken (flawed) world, and this includes it's people) and live our lives laughing, learning, and loving, shining as brightly as we can and spreading joy among each other, lifting one another up, and making a difference instead of treating life like it means nothing, even though humankind has had a lot of hardship. It's a song of encouragement, reminding us not to lose hope, even though sometimes it seems the world is getting worse everyday. We've come a long way, but we still have such a long way to go. We need to take the rest of the time we have on Earth by storm.
It's surprising no one has commented yet! Well, I'll give it a go. I think I read somewhere that Teng said she wrote this after a surge of writer's block. I don't think there's much of an underlying meaning here. It's meant to be an uplifting song, and it's good to listen to when you're feeling hopeless or depressed.
It's basically saying, we have to make the best out what we have (a broken (flawed) world, and this includes it's people) and live our lives laughing, learning, and loving, shining as brightly as we can and spreading joy among each other, lifting one another up, and making a difference instead of treating life like it means nothing, even though humankind has had a lot of hardship. It's a song of encouragement, reminding us not to lose hope, even though sometimes it seems the world is getting worse everyday. We've come a long way, but we still have such a long way to go. We need to take the rest of the time we have on Earth by storm.