In 1997 Madonna was working with trance and house music producer William Orbit , they wrote and produced electronic music with lyrics that reflected madonna´s new spirituality. They took a 1968 country song called "Sepheryn" by Curtiss Maldoon and completely re-worked, adding new lyrics and an new edgy electronic sound. .The song and the album of the same name have won 6 grammy awards The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
This is my favorite song because it says it all , but says nothing . The lyrics are really vague , in a sense that they are not explicit, we don´t really know what the song is really about , but there is a certain mysticism, the electronic sound creates an atmosphere , the video with high-speed images of cities, people and routines makes me feel that our lifes are going faster than a ray of light .
Since the lyrics are so vague, everyone can interpret the song however they want to .For me the song talks about how we are living so fast that don´t have time to wonder : who am I ? what is my place in this world? . The song also talks about how small are we in this enormous world , the fact that we are just a particule of the universe , but at the same time, the universe is the place where we should be .
This was a message was sent to the new generation, in 1998 a lot of people were wondering "how will the year 2000 be?" " how is the new century going to be '" and the song reflects that feeling .
" And I feel
Quicker than a ray of light
Then gone for
Someone else shall be there
Through the endless years"
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