Regarding the "one hand clapping", the way I understand it, it pertains to the Zen belief that nothing can exist by itself, like one hand can't clap, or a tree falling in the woods with no one there to hear it makes no sound, so the singer has to live not just for herself, but for her future self and her future children, etc.
Regarding the "one hand clapping", the way I understand it, it pertains to the Zen belief that nothing can exist by itself, like one hand can't clap, or a tree falling in the woods with no one there to hear it makes no sound, so the singer has to live not just for herself, but for her future self and her future children, etc.