berlinas2k said:

Perhaps he is referring to that moment when a person has left his/her mother's body, but has yet to breathe on their own as the "dead" part. Perhaps he is saying that he was born later, when he was already functioning on his own biologically. Maybe it's another element in the story line that he's been sleeping for 45 years and "comes alive" in the Art Official Age.

OR...hasn't Prince said that there was an issue when he was born - that he didn't take his first breath immediately? Perhaps it's a paradox. He was born dead but others were born alive, which means he was born alive but others were born dead.

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jhon00 said:

berlinas2k said:

I think it's just a play on the phrase "everyone dies but not everyone truly lives". But it is Prince, after all, so who knows? [Edited 10/1/14 14:50pm]

I get the gist of it all, but the point is that whether some are truly living or not, doesn't mean that they were not born alive( born with something to contribute to the world).

Indeed and I mentioned earlier that the line even sounds condescending.

Way Back Home is my favorite song from AOA but I don't sing that line.

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Also don't like the 'blind people' line on TicTacToe and would have changed it to 'blindfolded'.

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Genesia said:

Perhaps he is referring to that moment when a person has left his/her mother's body, but has yet to breathe on their own as the "dead" part. Perhaps he is saying that he was born later, when he was already functioning on his own biologically. Maybe it's another element in the story line that he's been sleeping for 45 years and "comes alive" in the Art Official Age.

OR...hasn't Prince said that there was an issue when he was born - that he didn't take his first breath immediately? Perhaps it's a paradox. He was born dead but others were born alive, which means he was born alive but others were born dead.

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You're thinking too deeply. I've understood not to think too deeply into princes cryptic messages as part of his crafted persona of mystique after reading his quote about the internet "They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you"

jonnymon said:

KingSausage said:

jonnymon said:

KingSausage said:

My cousin was born dead. We put him in a tiny coffin. It was pretty fucked up.

Were you pissed off when you noticed that he had liked "Prince" on Facebook yesterday?

KingSausage said:

My cousin was born dead. We put him in a tiny coffin. It was pretty fucked up.

sad.. may he rip.....

But. On topic, Way Back Home is amazing.

Askani said:

Genesia said:

EroticDreamer said:

Dilan said:

jhon00 said:

Has Prince become larger than life? Egotistical?

Become?

jhon00 said:

Has Prince become larger than life? Egotistical?

This is a song which contains a fembot telling him that the only thing that matters in life is himself and that anyone or anything that wants his attention elsewhere is an evildoer. So.

jhon00 said:

As much as I like WAY BACK HOME, I think he should've changed the part were he spoke of being born alive, while most people are born dead. Lol, Mr Nelson no one is born dead, we all have a purpose, something to contribute. [Edited 10/1/14 14:47pm]

I agree. It's a slightly disturbing lyric on a great song. I really hope this is not something he actually believes, but is more of a metaphor.

jhon00 said:

"Power to the ones who raise a child like me", lol how was Prince raised? A broken home? Divorced parents? Living at Andre Cymone's house? Lol

I think he is tipping his hat to parents who have had to raise a difficult child like he was. In other words, he was somewhat of a problem child.

As for the born dead line, I take it to mean that most people are born and do not know what they want to do with their lives until they are much older. Whereas he knew what he wanted from the get go and relentlessly persued it. Hence making him somewhat of a problem child.

Finding his way back home? His desire to go back and do it all over again differently.

The suspended animation after 45 years? Who the fuck knows!

Or.... Maybe Prince is a tad insane and none of it means anything.

I wish there was a lyrics book with the AOA cd album..


But: there isn't...........

As above, so below. The microcosm is the macrocosm, etc. It is about the self, but the concept of the self is expanded to encompass the entire universe and everything in it. In many respects it is a dissolution of the self into something much wider and less egotistically 'self-centred'.

Rebeljuice said:

As for the born dead line, I take it to mean that most people are born and do not know what they want to do with their lives until they are much older. Whereas he knew what he wanted from the get go and relentlessly persued it. Hence making him somewhat of a problem child.

This, kind of. I took it to mean he doesn't want the standard thing, like get married, get a 9-5, pay the mortgage have kids and go through braindead routine forever - he wants something else and islooking for it, and when he's found it he'll be "home", or has found his way back home (his purpose). And as for the power to the ones who raised a child like me line, I think he's referring to whoever raised him did something right to make him want something "more" or "else". And I don't necessarily think it's autobiographical, it could be from the perspective of a fictional character, not just Prince's perspective. It IS writing, after all.

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Rebeljuice said: