Everybody Is a Number One
Awakening Unity: Love's Triumph Over Fear
Lyrics
Now love is a burning ring
Love is described as a powerful and enduring force.
At the bottom of our being
Suggests that love is at the core or essence of our existence.
Done down and disconnected
Describes love as undone, disconnected, possibly dormant or overlooked.
It lies like a sleeping thing
Compares love to a dormant or inactive entity.
Our task is to awaken
Expresses the need to awaken love from its dormant state.
Our mission it is clear
Highlights a clear mission to awaken love.
With lips and arms and unity
Suggests overcoming fear through unity, using lips and arms metaphorically.
We've overcome our fear
Indicates that the collective has successfully overcome fear.
That day will come
Anticipates a future day when everyone will be recognized as number one.
When everybody is a number one
Envisions a time when each individual is valued and significant.
Until that day
Until the day when everyone is acknowledged, there is work to be done.
Thy never will be done
Suggests an ongoing effort until the envisioned equality is achieved.
Some boss lickin' guy
Refers to someone influential, possibly a boss, who claims to be a friend.
Who said he was your friend
Expresses doubt about the sincerity of the person mentioned in line 15.
Tried to put me down
Describes an attempt to undermine or disparage the speaker.
But I'll still be around
Despite attempts to put down, the speaker asserts resilience and continuity.
And for the people who would try
Addresses those who would dismantle unity and love.
Just to take it apart
Warns against efforts to dismantle the collective mission.
Let me tell it from the start
Suggests a desire to narrate the story from the beginning to clarify intentions.
For the second time
Signals a restart or repetition of the narrative for emphasis.
If I was a poet
If the speaker were a poet, they would express anger and confusion.
I think I'd throw a stone
Implies a hypothetical act of rebellion or protest by a poet.
In anger and confusion
Suggests that the poet would not be alone in their feelings of anger and confusion.
I would not be alone
Reiterates the idea that the speaker would find companionship in their emotions.
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