dream sweet in sea major is literally a jamaa song idc i love it so much and i'm gonna explain why
basically it chronicles a group of animals' journey to jamaa after their species' heartstone is found—they finally get to go home. in this case, they're sailing there (partially bc i have a hc that jamaa is a pacific island), and to make it easier let's say it's a group of foxes.
let's analyze the lyrics:
"alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune / for merely dreaming we were snow" - the foxes are onboard the blue heron, speeding away from the shores of wherever they came from before and in the hands of liza, a mystical stranger. that had been their whole world; all that they had known, but they knew they were heading for a better life.
"a siren sounds like the goddess who / promises endless apologies of paradise" - in the distance, they hear the fading bustle and noise of the shore. they remember mira's appearance to them, the message her spirit brought to their family, that they could finally return home to jamaa.
"and only she can make it right" - the foxes have mixed feelings about mira, as generations of foxes have lived and died without ever getting to see their homeland after they fled it in the night all those years ago. they feel forgotten, though they know it is not her fault. they feel that the only way to right this wrong, to make their ancestors' pain and homesickness worth it, is if they can actually make it to jamaa and if liza can actually be trusted.
"so things are different tonight / we'll go together in flight" - the foxes know that things are finally changing for them. they are actually going home after centuries of living their whole lives without ever returning, and they are going to go together.
"it's now and never / a reverie endeavor / awaits somnambulant directives / to take the helm" - the foxes must leave quickly. they've been woken up in the middle of the night to be urgently informed that they can return to jamaa, and that the blue heron is waiting for them—but they're running out of time. the ship leaves soon and will not come back for fear of being discovered.
"believe me, darling / the stars were made for falling / like melting obelisks / as tall as another realm" - the foxes do not have time to consider the options; they must act on instinct to change their entire lives. but they have to do it. generations of their ancestors waited their whole lives for this moment. they must accept this change, however drastic.
"un ensemble d'enfants / la galaxie s'étend / jardin de l'imagination / combler la lacune / roller passé la lune / comme nous evoluons" ("a group of children / the galaxy extends / garden of imagination / bridging the gap / skating past the moon / as we move") - to the older foxes who have seen many days, this journey may be tiring. but to the young foxes, it is the happiest moment of their lives. they watch in pure fascination as the ship goes "skating past the moon," and their galaxy extends into what's beyond the sea. they talk excitedly while they imagine what jamaa is going to be like.
"it feels like flying / but maybe we're dying / a cosmic confluence / of pyramids hologrammed" - the initial thrill of the journey is fading after several hours in, and some foxes begin to despair. they wonder if they are actually being led to their death, to die at sea. should they have trusted liza? was mira only a trick of the light?
"she knows you heard her / staging music murder / in line before the show began / to be where i am" - liza hears of the foxes' worry and reassures them that she knows where she is going, what she is doing, and that her intentions are good. she formally apologizes for taking so long to find their heartstone and knows there is nothing she can say to heal the damage time has done. she knows how long they have been waiting and that they had never given up hope, and tells them that she had never given up on them either.
"children born of one emotion / our devotion's deepest ocean / no division reasoned we'll be / free / to know / we are beyond a bow" - the foxes return to their place at the side of the ship, watching the horizon for any sign of their home. they share an emotional moment of longing and devotion towards jamaa and know they will not have to suffer any longer there. they will be free.
"and lo, the hues arrange to show / it's perfectly clear" - the ship glides through the veil that shrouds jamaa from the naked eye so that human sailors cannot find it. at last, jamaa appears on the horizon.
"you look quite divine tonight / here among these vibrant lights / pure delights surround us as we sail / signed, yours truly, the whale" - the foxes erupt in pure joy. this is momentous. some cry, some weep, some laugh; they embrace their family and friends. they've nearly made it. jamaa is within their sights. everything seems to be smiling at them, tinted with the hues of the night just before dawn. past the boat, a whale goes by. they've entered the waters.
"joy mirage's kingdom come / no one left at stake / now that existence is on the wake / let's see what we can make" - through the tears of joy and relief beyond relief, the foxes begin to enthusiastically plan what they are going to do when they dock and how they are going to spend the first day of their new lives now that they no longer live in fear.
"apart is wholly ending / a line in any final song / so long so far" - the foxes briefly, wistfully remember their old lives. they will not miss it, they conclude.
"we will be atoning / at last eternal through the past / above a blinding star" - they are finally returning to the land that their ancestors left so long ago. they wonder what will be left of their ancient homes. they mourn the fact that it could not have happened sooner, that their predecessors never came back. but they will atone for this with their own homecoming. above their heads, the stars shine more brightly than they have ever seen before, guiding them gently towards the bank as they fade into the dawn. maybe each one of them is a jamaasian who never came home. i forgive you, they say. do you forgive me?
"bye, hi / sigh, hawaii / we never meant to part" - the blue heron approaches the shore and crawls up the river towards jamaa township. the foxes begin to see their ancestral home up close as they rush past the lost temple of zios. many burst into tears of joy yet again. they sing to the land—we are sorry. we never meant to leave.
"sublime, thy art / one light / higher than the sun" - the ship glides into the bank of jamaaa township as the sun rises and casts the city in a dazzling light. the foxes are awestruck by its beauty. they go ashore.
"invisible to some / until it's time" - the foxes realize how lucky they are to be experiencing this as their ancestors were never able to. they accept that it was simply not their time to return before this moment. they move into the city.
in conclusion: this is a song about coming home to jamaa.
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