Seems to me to be a song about the essential nature of human life - one which is closer to the natural world and joy instead of the misery brought forth by modern society. The line "The angels cried, you've heard them weep" will be expanded in the album Angel's Cry and is very directly about modern sorrow and the false illusion of happiness of modern society.
This song also says that once someone finds this "inner voice", more in touch with their own nature and the natural world it's also a duty to pass the word forward and tell people that a simpler life of love to everything around you is better than living what some would call "the american dream" - working your life away in exchange for money to buy petty possession that never seem to bring us true happiness. "now it's time to make them sing!" is an example of this responsibility - and for singing you don't need anything but your own voice and maybe a guitar to go along with it, something much easier to acquire than say a car or a luxury apartment.
"people think they're kings" references how people think they need so many luxuries to be happy or fulfilled. "Don't wait 'till someone else agrees" shows that you'll likely be one in a hundred by refusing the "standard" way of life and if you're waiting for someone to tell you it's OK to look for true happiness then you'll never do it because everyone else is obsessed with money and competition.
"Swimming naked of beliefs and responsibilities / mother nature brings to me in fantastic purity everything I need" - again shows that humans can be happy with next to nothing and that modern pressures like credit card bills, taxes, health insurance and so on makes us distant from these ideals. Those with literary knowledge will notice the bucolic themes here are probably inspired by the Romantic movement and is also found in many other Angra songs from this era.
I don't think this song is telling you to drop everything and go live naked near a lake in the woods but instead just to remember that we stress way too much about things that are not important or that don't bring us happiness. We should be more worried about our own well-being than having the most high-paying job or latest car model. The simple things in life like singing, dancing, swimming and loving are abundant and most of the time free of charge.
Seems to me to be a song about the essential nature of human life - one which is closer to the natural world and joy instead of the misery brought forth by modern society. The line "The angels cried, you've heard them weep" will be expanded in the album Angel's Cry and is very directly about modern sorrow and the false illusion of happiness of modern society.
This song also says that once someone finds this "inner voice", more in touch with their own nature and the natural world it's also a duty to pass the word forward and tell people that a simpler life of love to everything around you is better than living what some would call "the american dream" - working your life away in exchange for money to buy petty possession that never seem to bring us true happiness. "now it's time to make them sing!" is an example of this responsibility - and for singing you don't need anything but your own voice and maybe a guitar to go along with it, something much easier to acquire than say a car or a luxury apartment.
"people think they're kings" references how people think they need so many luxuries to be happy or fulfilled. "Don't wait 'till someone else agrees" shows that you'll likely be one in a hundred by refusing the "standard" way of life and if you're waiting for someone to tell you it's OK to look for true happiness then you'll never do it because everyone else is obsessed with money and competition.
"Swimming naked of beliefs and responsibilities / mother nature brings to me in fantastic purity everything I need" - again shows that humans can be happy with next to nothing and that modern pressures like credit card bills, taxes, health insurance and so on makes us distant from these ideals. Those with literary knowledge will notice the bucolic themes here are probably inspired by the Romantic movement and is also found in many other Angra songs from this era.
I don't think this song is telling you to drop everything and go live naked near a lake in the woods but instead just to remember that we stress way too much about things that are not important or that don't bring us happiness. We should be more worried about our own well-being than having the most high-paying job or latest car model. The simple things in life like singing, dancing, swimming and loving are abundant and most of the time free of charge.