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Carl:
Zooropa holds a special place in my heart as well... the imagery is great. It definately does seem to be about embracing chaos, about ditching the routine, being a creative force (put flowers in the mud baby).

And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back

I've always liked this line... like "I'm lost but it's enjoyable being this way.  I don't know where or what things are, so I can just experience them." Which leads into:

And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we've got

Again a sort of "I don't have a set worldview dictating what is or isn't possible, so because I don't know what the limits are [supposed to be] I can surpass them.  I can dream up the world I want to live in, because I'm not bound to what everyone says it has to be."

Skip the subway
Let's go to the overground
Get your head out of the mud baby
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground

First of all, I just love the word "Overground"  It's like when people say RL... in a virtual reality "real life" is just an acronym.  The subway could be seen as efficiency, speed, success... but just go outside.  It's cold, not climate controlled, but you can make beauty from the ugliness (flowers > mud).  Don't be underground, be free.

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