What do these lyrics mean?
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Knight
Ok, I'll post the lyrics... like that will help. Please don't tell me I'm the only one here old enough to remember this song...
I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth
And I'll serenade Venus
I'll serenade Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
We are the emperors now
And we are the czars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
I sing the body Electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the stars
And I'll Look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
I'll burn with the fire
Of 10 million stars
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time....... WE WILL ALL BE STARS
I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth
And I'll serenade Venus
I'll serenade Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
We are the emperors now
And we are the czars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
I sing the body Electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the stars
And I'll Look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
I'll burn with the fire
Of 10 million stars
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time
And in time....... WE WILL ALL BE STARS
It doesn't look like an anti-religious song, but we all know that the title was burrowed from Whitman's poem.
mournful
Knight
Whitman's poem was sort of celebrating the human body. But it also (to me it seemed) rejected the existence of a 'soul'. That's why I sort of saw it as anti-religious.
Also, he wrote it at a time when religion considered the body to be dirty and something that should be hidden. Whitman seemed to be reacting to that by saying the body was beautiful and to be worshiped.. as opposed to focusing on saving our souls?
When the song mentions Venus and Mars, I think it's also doing something similar... admiring and devoting to the body (man and woman - venus, mars). When it mentions 'I shall embody the earth' it could be saying that when the singer dies, he doesn't go to heaven but rather becomes whole with the earth. In essence, it's saying there is no heaven but rather that our final destiny lies with becoming one with the physical world (rather than a supernatural world like heaven or hell). And that we should welcome, not fear, this lack of spiritual destiny.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
The song is from the Movie 'Fame' btw.
Also, he wrote it at a time when religion considered the body to be dirty and something that should be hidden. Whitman seemed to be reacting to that by saying the body was beautiful and to be worshiped.. as opposed to focusing on saving our souls?
When the song mentions Venus and Mars, I think it's also doing something similar... admiring and devoting to the body (man and woman - venus, mars). When it mentions 'I shall embody the earth' it could be saying that when the singer dies, he doesn't go to heaven but rather becomes whole with the earth. In essence, it's saying there is no heaven but rather that our final destiny lies with becoming one with the physical world (rather than a supernatural world like heaven or hell). And that we should welcome, not fear, this lack of spiritual destiny.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
The song is from the Movie 'Fame' btw.
