We Could Be Friends Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ClarkBlueT 

Cover art for We Could Be Friends lyrics by Freelance Whales

Can anyone translate what this lyric means:

"Were you a Tahitian grain of sand In a past life?"

I don't understand what these words are actually saying, thanks.

Translation

I probably might be completely far from what it actually means, but here's what I came up with...

I think it's pretty apparent that the person is fighting to prove one thing: that they could remain friends after whatever situation came upon them to get to this point. This entire song screams persuasion to me, consolation in a way (please don't put your face into your hands we could be friends, here are the reasons why... etc.)

So if we focus on these particular words: we COULD/HAVE/SHOULD be friends, it can kind of start to make sense.

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