One of my favourite song lyrics of all time has to be from Within You Without You by the Beatles.
When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find peace of mind is waiting there,
And the time will come when you see we're all one and life flows on within you and without you
It was written by George Harrison so that explains the hippy, 'one-love' vibe. I honestly believe that George Harrison was the real musical genius of the Beatles. A very underrate artist. Ok, so he did do some cheese but they all did. Even Lennon would have if he'd lived longer.
I love this lyric and this song because it reminds us how small we are in the grand scheme of things. I also love this lyric by Bright Eyes,
Oh my morning's coming back,
The whole world's waking up,
All the city buses swimming past,
I'm happy just because,
I found out I am really no-one
When I told my friend that I really liked it he said 'Why?'
I said that I thought it was cool to be happy because you are no-one and he said 'Why? Isn't it better to be someone?'
Is it?
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I think it's more zen to accept that I'm no-one.
And does it make you happy?
i agrre wi Nelly, to accept that your no-one is realising that your someone i fink cus in the big scheme, i.e. gaia we are all someone we all play a part, weather negative or positive, our actions have reactions, which spread. So therefore if we all effect the equilibrium, we are all someone.
It makes me happy enough. It's like jazz sez.
Living in a individualistic world is sometime very tiring, if you found out that you are no one, you can simply save a lot of time for enjoying life.
My interpretation is that by "no one" he means we are nothing in front of death because death is a great leveller; it is inevitable... it does not discriminate. And he finds happiness in this realisation. The entire song is more or less about looking at death positively.
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