Promised Land
Searching for Unity: Exploring America's Promised Land
Lyrics
I saw your face in the stars last night
I observed your image among the stars last night.
Shining down from a clear black sky
Your presence illuminated the night from a clear black sky.
Colorado turned out the lights
Colorado experienced darkness, perhaps metaphorically losing its brightness.
A thousand miles from California sand
A metaphorical distance of a thousand miles from the comforting California beaches.
A thousand more to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Another significant distance to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
All in the cradle of your weary hands
All within the protection of your tired hands, symbolizing care and support.
Staring at the Great Divide
Repeated emphasis on staring at the Great Divide, possibly signifying challenges or divisions.
Staring at the Great Divide
-Staring at the Great Divide
-Looking to the left, looking to the right
Searching for direction, examining both left and right perspectives.
Cardboard city full of government tents
Depiction of a makeshift city with government tents, highlighting societal issues.
Kids trying to sleep over subway vents
Children attempting to find rest over subway vents, symbolizing hardships.
Keeping watch over cold cement
Guarding over cold cement, emphasizing the harshness of the environment.
No vote in North Dakota with a Native ID
Political commentary on voter suppression, specifically mentioning North Dakota and Native IDs.
Churches shot: Philly, Jersey, Kansas, Tennessee
Notable incidents in various places (Philly, Jersey, Kansas, Tennessee), suggesting widespread issues.
We're all waking up from the same lost dream
A collective awakening from a shared but elusive dream.
Is there a sign on your neighbor's lawn
Questioning societal values represented by a neighbor's lawn sign.
That makes you wonder how we went so wrong?
Reflecting on the path that led to societal shortcomings.
Show me a side we can all get on
Seeking common ground for unity.
I saw a man quilt an eight-foot flag
Witnessing a person creating a large flag, symbolizing resilience and patriotism.
With just his hands and a pile of rags
Crafting with limited resources, highlighting the power of simplicity.
Sometimes all we need is what we have
Expressing contentment with what one has.
I only see what I can see
Limitations in perception, feeling constrained and not entirely liberated.
Feeling small and not that free
A sense of insignificance and restricted freedom.
Cause from where I stand
Observing the current situation.
This doesn't look like the promised land
This reality doesn't align with the anticipated promised land.
(This could still be the promised land)
[Possibility] Despite challenges, there remains hope that this could still become the promised land.
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