I think this song is about how the world is such a confusing place and the more you look the more befuddled you become, humanity have two sides of that are both myriad- beauty and uglyness when the world is there to be cherished 'falling in tatters like the whipped wings of butterflies'. I think it's looking at all of the injustices that have happened, especially within slavery and that continue to happen today- looking around you and seeing challenges, when you feel things should be peaceful. She comments on smaller and large scale hypocrisies and lessons to be learned if the world has to change, she talks about herself in some instances like being a thoughtful deep person but not being able to think deep enough to make sense of it all. In some instances I think she's referring to others but also making it a universal thing- why is it that we put others down for happiness and finding love when we all love those things too? Why does logic fail and get lost? Simplicity is a choice we all try our hardest to fight against sometimes.
Such a great song. It's so full of imagery and so beautiful and vibrant! Netsayi is great.
I think this song is about how the world is such a confusing place and the more you look the more befuddled you become, humanity have two sides of that are both myriad- beauty and uglyness when the world is there to be cherished 'falling in tatters like the whipped wings of butterflies'. I think it's looking at all of the injustices that have happened, especially within slavery and that continue to happen today- looking around you and seeing challenges, when you feel things should be peaceful. She comments on smaller and large scale hypocrisies and lessons to be learned if the world has to change, she talks about herself in some instances like being a thoughtful deep person but not being able to think deep enough to make sense of it all. In some instances I think she's referring to others but also making it a universal thing- why is it that we put others down for happiness and finding love when we all love those things too? Why does logic fail and get lost? Simplicity is a choice we all try our hardest to fight against sometimes.
Such a great song. It's so full of imagery and so beautiful and vibrant! Netsayi is great.