Act of the Apostle
Searching for Meaning: Acts of Apostles in a Desert Daydream
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Morning prayers took the girl unawares
Morning prayers catch the girl off guard
She was late for class and she knew it
She is running late for class and acknowledges it
The broadcaster had a voice that was soothing
The announcer has a comforting voice
She couldn't tell if it was a man or woman
Uncertainty about the gender of the announcer
A patch of sun fell onto her neck
A beam of sunlight touches her neck
She put her head on her arms on her desk
She rests her head on her arms on the desk
The lesson today was Acts of Apostles
Lesson topic is Acts of Apostles
The crazy hippies, they're running scared
Reference to "crazy hippies" in Acts, possibly metaphorical
She shut her eyes and imagined the desert
She daydreams about a desert without modern distractions
No cars, no mobiles, just sun and bread
Imagining a simple life with no cars or phones, just sun and bread
What would she look like standing by the well?
Contemplating her appearance standing by a well
More like a women and less like a girl
Desire to be seen as a woman, not just a girl
Oh, if I could make sense of it all!
Expressing confusion and a desire for understanding
I wish that I could sing
Wishing for the ability to sing and communicate
I'd stay in a melody
Desire to stay in a melodious state
I would float along in my everlasting song
Longing to float along in a perpetual song
What would I do to believe?
Questioning what it takes to believe
Later on she plays Morning Has Broken
She later plays "Morning Has Broken"
She knows she's bad
Acknowledging her own inadequacy in playing
She is slowing everybody down
She feels she's slowing everyone down
The choirmaster, usually a bastard, knows her mother's sick
The choirmaster, typically stern, sympathizes because of her sick mother
He'll be nice to her
He treats her kindly due to her mother's illness
She thinks that she shouldn't be there at all
She questions her presence in the choir
Her worries make everything else seem trivial
Her personal worries overshadow everything else
Oh, if I could make sense of it all!
Expressing confusion and a desire for understanding (repeated)
I wish that I could sing
Wishing for the ability to sing and communicate (repeated)
I'd stay in a melody
Desire to stay in a melodious state (repeated)
I would float along in my everlasting song
Longing to float along in a perpetual song (repeated)
What would I do to believe?
Questioning what it takes to believe (repeated)
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