Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.
Given lyrics like
a tiny little seed is sown,
a government is overthrown,
who knows when we'll be coming home at last
...we might never meet again you and me...
they'll be tearing us apart moving us to mars,
past the satellites and stars
they're moving us to mars
Kind of have to wonder if they're related at all...">
Moving to Mars Meanings & Lyrics Discussion | SongMeanings
Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.
Given lyrics like
a tiny little seed is sown,
a government is overthrown,
who knows when we'll be coming home at last
...we might never meet again you and me...
they'll be tearing us apart moving us to mars,
past the satellites and stars
they're moving us to mars
Kind of have to wonder if they're related at all..." />
I found this on the coldplaying.com forums, and looked up the documentary on imdb.com "Moving to Mars", which was directed by Mat Whitecross, director of a handful of Coldplay's music videos including the recent Christmas Lights. Here's the description of the film:
<i>Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.</i>
Given lyrics like
<i>a tiny little seed is sown,
a government is overthrown,
who knows when we'll be coming home at last
...we might never meet again you and me...
they'll be tearing us apart moving us to mars,
past the satellites and stars
they're moving us to mars
</i>
Kind of have to wonder if they're related at all...
As for the meaning...
I found this on the coldplaying.com forums, and looked up the documentary on imdb.com "Moving to Mars", which was directed by Mat Whitecross, director of a handful of Coldplay's music videos including the recent Christmas Lights. Here's the description of the film:
<i>Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.</i>
Given lyrics like
<i>a tiny little seed is sown, a government is overthrown, who knows when we'll be coming home at last
...we might never meet again you and me...
they'll be tearing us apart moving us to mars, past the satellites and stars they're moving us to mars </i>
Kind of have to wonder if they're related at all...