Lyrics
When I was fourteen
Reflecting on adolescence
I thought you could save me
Misplaced belief in salvation from someone
Thought there were no maybes
Assumed certainty, rejecting uncertainty
Believed everything
Blind trust in everything
One day when I am young I'll see
Hopeful anticipation of maturity
Rows of mountains fall away
Imagining vast landscapes disappearing
In evergreen shrouded in the mist, the mystery
Nature depicted with mystery
Unfold in every living thing
Life's unfolding in all living entities
One day when you are young you'll see
Addressing the listener's future awareness
When we were just lambs we thought we'd never
Naïve times when being innocent seemed perpetual
Be the sheep
Transition from innocence to vulnerability
Walked half circles round broke-necked birds
Describing cyclical and incomplete actions
Falling from the trees
Nature's elements affecting living creatures
Shrouded in the mist, the mystery
Symbolic interconnection with dying things
Connects us to each dying thing
Hopeful expectation of enlightenment
One day when we are young we'll see
Repetition of the theme of youth's awakening
Wake them, the center of the earth
A call to awaken the center of existence
And way out to the edge of the universe
Extending awareness to the vastness of the universe
And what you need's not what you believe
Emphasizing the interconnectedness of the body and the world
Your body is the world (your body is the world)
Reiteration of the body as the world
What you're afraid of now is just gone
Overcoming fears and uncertainties
Your body is the world (your body is the world)
Reaffirming the body as a microcosm of the world
Look all around
Encouraging a broad perspective
There is no other
Asserting the uniqueness of the body's importance
Find out, your body is the world
Discovering the world within oneself
What you're afraid of now is just gone
Final affirmation of the body's worldly significance
Your body is the world (your body is the world)
Concluding statement on the body's centrality
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