Category: Song Interpretation

One of my initiatives for this blog is to show you the spiritual truths that Prince has shared throughout his music. He wrote and spoke in away that was akin to Shakespeare and sometimes even the most fluent English speakers do not understand his messages. As his twin flame, I am able to psychically interpret his lyrics. I can often listen to a song and receive messages in between the lines of the lyrics.

One of the songs that Prince would very much like for you to hear and understand is Free Urself. It his last ever released single and has not been released on any albums. The message in this song is crucial for humanity to understand. Humanity has long been under a mind control program that has instilled fear and separation among its people. Fear is what prevents us from having peace on Earth. Only love is the cure for all of humanity’s problems. But it is only through love for ones self that we can truly love each other. Love for one’s self is challenging to achieve because it requires that one develop unconditional love. This is the kind of love that accepts all of one’s flaws and forgives all. It is only by this achievement that peace can be mastered within one’s self and spread eternally. Your inner chaos is your outer chaos. This is why there is currently so much turmoil occurring in the United Staes after the 2016 election. It is the lack of  tolerance within that is reflected externally by the people.

True freedom occurs when you love yourself. It is only by truly loving yourself that you can no longer be controlled by others. Therefore it is crucial to love yourself. It is not only crucial for your own well being, but also for humanity. By loving yourself, you raise the vibration of the planet to bring on Heaven on Earth. When Prince speaks of Heaven on Earth, he is referring to the end time process of humanity to a higher dimension. This can only be achieved if we work together collectively to raise the Earth’s energetic vibration. Happiness is a natural occurrence in this state of being.

Here are the song lyrics and my interpretation with guidance from Prince in spirit.

How did we get here 
how did we get this far?
How did we get so high 
High enough 2 touch the stars?
If u could (if u could)
Wouldn’t u like 2 fly?
Just because (just because)
Ain’t no reason not 2 try

He is expressing optimism for the future of humanity. He is asking if you would like to reach for your higher human potential. “Just because” is not a good enough excuse to stop yourself from trying to reach your potential. Everyone has a life purpose to fulfil.

Free urself (free urself)
And save a place 4 me (yeah)
Life is what u make it
Be the best that u can b (oh yeah)
Now’s the time (now’s the time)
Take ur place in history (yeah)
Urs and mine
The happy and the free (yeah)

When he says “free urself”, he means free your mind, shift our attitude to a positive one. In light of his passing, “save a place 4 me” refers to holding a space for his return, as he is on the other side awaiting for us to join him when Heaven on Earth unfolds. Your life is what you make of it, how you think about it, what you do with it. It is your thought s and feelings that manifest into reality. So try your best in life to be all that you can be. “Now’s the time” is referring to this crucial time in the history of humanity shifting into higher consciousness. Everyone has a role to play in it. We are all connected to each other energetically, so your happiness is that of others as well.

Look at where we came from
How far we r today
We, the people (we the people)
Will get the final say
Third apartment from the sun
Nothing left 2 b
No need 2 hide or run
Heaven on earth right here
That’s why u got 2…

He is saying look at how far humanity has come. We are all co-creators of reality, “having the final say”. It is because our collective thoughts are what create reality. It is by realizing this power, that we truly become free. “Third apartment from the sun” refers to planet Earth, as it is the third planet from the sun. “No need to hide or run” because we will achieve personal freedom and freedom as a collective. By doing so, we achieve Heaven on Earth.

Love urself 
So we can love u 2
We need ur help
There’s so much work to do
Love urself
So we can love u 2
We need ur help

This is one of the key elements to his overall message. It is only by loving yourself, that others can love you as well. It goes along with the spiritual principle that what we feel inside is reflected in our outer reality (see Law of Correspondence to understand moue bout this principle). It is also by loving yourself that you raise your personal energetic vibration, which in turn raises the vibration of the planet. This is why he says “we need your help, there;s so much work to do”. By this he is referring to how much work there is to do in healing the planet. But this can only be done by healing yourself first. Love for yourself becomes love for others.

On a personal, it was in my first meeting with Prince in spirit, that he told me it was crucial that I pursue my dreams as an artist. It was vital and urgent that I make the commitment to do so right away, as it is not something that humanity can wait upon. He told me that it was connected to having love for myself and sharing this love with others through my work. That is how my Love Bomb art exhibition came to be. I believe that we all came here God-given gifts to share with the world. It is by sharing our gifts that we crate the world we want to live in. We must each take responsibility in playing the role of creating what we want for this world.

Image above: “Peace In Your Heart” by Prince in spirit.

©2016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

When I first met Prince in spirit, one of the things he told me was that part of our mission was to do with healing racism. I did not quite know what to make of it at the time, but it seems to have come up recently in the American election. Racism is a difficult topic to discuss in a world that is sensitive to political correctness. But I am here to give you a spiritual perspective, as well as exposing the deception that permeates in society.

Both Prince and I were born as racial minorities to our respective communities. Prince was born in 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota to an African-American family. While I was born in 1982, Toronto, Canada to a Chinese immigrant family. Perhaps it might sound strange that I phrase it this way, but the spiritual reality is that we are souls incarnated into this temporary 3D experience. We recognize ourselves as spirit contained in physical bodies, kind of like when you select your avatar  in a video game.

Racism comes in many forms. What we must remember is that racism is not just discrimination, but also assumptions made based on one’s race. Part of racism comes from one’s upbringing and culture. No one is born a racist. Racism and other types of discrimination has to be programmed into the mind of the individual.

In my personal experience, I have encountered different degrees of racism as a Chinese Canadian female. From being teased in the school yard where the other children would pull on their eyes to imitate the almond shaped eyes of Asians, to being called chink, to having both positive and negative assumptions made about me based on my Asian appearance. People have assumed things based on my race; that I should be good at math, play the piano, speak Mandarin, and have a submissive disposition. I have also been mistaken for other Asian races. These assumptions do not bother me as much as when people ask where I come from. I will answer, “I was born in Canada”, and they will ask “But where do you really come from?”. The answer they are looking for is where my ancestors come from. I find it offensive because I do not resonate with the countries that my parents originate from, as my upbringing was in Canada. I am Canadian first and foremost.

Having experienced being the racial minority brought up in the West, I do not harbour any grudges or contempt towards those that have made racist remarks or assumptions against me. I have learned to look past these situations, to have tolerance and compassion towards my offenders. I realize that some people have lived in the same town all their life and have never left the country to expand their world views. In other cases, their actions may have been informed by their family, friends, or even media. It does no good to hold on to the hate or the unfair judgements directed by others. The only way to resolve racism is forgiveness. Forgive them because sometimes they do not know better. They might have been brought up in a different era or culture to yours. We must have compassion for each other if we are to heal.

I have had experiences of racism involving the elderly grandparents of my friends. I do not respect them any less. My parents might say things that could be considered racist. But I do not love them any less. As the Bible has taught, one should hate the sin, not the sinner.

In regards to the elections; there are bigger issues involved. This election was not about race, gender, religion, or sexuality. It is about the issues that are truly troubling America, the economy. The greatest matter at hand is not division. The real issue is global elite forces asserting their power to control everything in your life. They do not want the economy to get better. It is part of their dark agenda for world domination. If you do not understand what I am saying here, then you must research Agenda 21 to understand the real politics involved. Divisionism is just a distraction to get people into fights with each other and ignoring the real issues. They would like to create civil unrest leading to war, in order to destabilize the country and take total control by martial law in the midst of the chaos. This is why the powers that be continue to fund protest groups to incite fear and hatred in disguise of fighting racism. This is a war on you, the general public, who are not of the one percent elite class. Classism is the real issue, but they cover it up with racism to make yo fight amongst yourselves, not realizing who the real culprit is.

This is why we must not stand divided. We must not fight each other. We must fight injustice. We can not fight the darkness with more darkness, we must shine the light. We must not shout and disrespect one another expecting to win this battle, for it only crates more of the same thing. There are many who wish to fight hate, but they end up spreading more hate in their actions. As Prince taught in Graffiti Bridge; “When a man screams, you must learnt o whisper”.

Racism is not something that you can fight with protest. It is something that must be changed in the culture and in the system. It is about crating harmony within communities. It is about resolving conflict with love and compassion. It requires an act of producing solutions, not complaining or shouting. It is something that everyone must heal from within themselves if they wish to see it reflected in the world. It will take time to heal. So I want to leave you here with a song from Prince’s 20ten album, called Compassion.

Here are the lyrics for Compassion with my song interpretation notes, with guidance from Prince in spirit.

A zero point approaches
And the field around you drop
Thoughts become reality
And it feels like time has stopped

Prince is explaining quantium physics in these lyrics. “Zero point” refers to the energetic filed that is the source of all creation. Thought is energy and it becomes manifested into physical reality when thought and the 3D reality converges through the energetic field. A veil between dimensions drops. It is in this state time feels eternal.

When all that’s on the radio
Is electromagnetic pop
Steady, your teeth and nash

“Radio” is code for media, and “electromagnetic pop” is the energy they are putting forth through the media. In this case, I sense he means a negative form of energy. So he says to “steady your teeth”, meaning to get focused and “nash”, a slang term meaning get clever.

Love for the greater number
Freezes over and cools
And everyone around you acts
Like a bloody fool

“Love for the greater number” is love for humanity. “Freezes overs” referring the the heart of mankind, becoming cold-hearted. People start to act badly, doing foolish, irrational things.

No sanctity to the left of you
No righteousness to the right
The only thing that’s left in fashion
Compassion, Get it on
Compassion

When there is no goodness, morality, or justice left in society, the only thing left to do is to have compassion.

Whatever skin you’re in
We all need to be friends
All happy again
So much better than nothing

Regardless of  rare, we all need to get along with each other. Look past our differences. Crate harmony.

Everybody can win
With a little faith in man
Beginning of an end
Start up a brand new something

Everyone can be a part of a greater future by having faith; belief that it is possible to put an end to the current state we are in.

When ego, fear, and judgment
Become the rule of law
Watch the polar ice caps
Heat up, melt down, and thaw
When the greedy one forgets
That he’s the reason for it all
The only gold that’s so worth stashing
Compassion, Get it on, get it on
Compassion, Right on, right on

When people succumb to their egos and fear, they start judging people as though it is appropriate to do so, like an unspoken rule in society (an example is witch hints). When the environment seems to be breaking down. And when dark forces take over in he form of greed and corruption, that is the cause of all destruction. The thing that we must all do together in order to overcome this is to have compassion.

In the high-seated lawless no love can be found
Nature will rise against nature and get down
Whatever skin you’re in
We all need to be friends
All happy again
It’s so much better than nothing

There is no love for humanity  in high-power rulership, countries go to war against each other because of corruption. But what ever place you come from, we all need to get along with each other by practicing tolerance and compassion. There is no other way if we want peace.

If you got compassion
Let’s get back in fashion
The new international anthem

Prince is saying to practice compassion and make it a force o be reckoned with. Tp make it “fashionable” like am epidemic trend. Make it something that you emanate from your body like a song, a “national anthem”.

The overall message in this song is that we must surrender to the light in order to resolve our humanly conflicts. Compassion and tolerance for one another is the only way to go. We can not fight injustice with more fighting. Believe in the greater power of the universe. This battle can only be won through spiritual forces, which is why Prince was talking about the zero point energy in the beginning of the song. Your thoughts are powerful.

Image above: “A Rose For Compassion” by Prince in spirit.

©2016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

Whenever I feel sad because I miss Prince, he always makes his presence known to me, saying “Hey, I’m here. I’m always here. Don’t cry.” We live in a grand illusion believing that death means gone forever.

It was soon after the news of Prince’s passing, I found myself feeling so confused. The reason was, in my heart I felt that he was alive. I couldn’t understand why I was feeling this way, especially since I wasn’t a fan or knew him personally. I went to a friend who is a psychic medium to get clarity on this and he came through the reading. I will tell you more about this another time. For now, I will tell you, he was there on the other side, sitting on a throne, wearing a crown, telling me “Im Alive!” in the most flamboyant way possible.

For me, learning that someone on the other side was present with me, someone who was famous, that I never knew personally was just completely shocking. But I’m here to tell you the truth about things that don’t  often get spoken of in this scientific age. There is an after life, as many religions speak of. It may not be exactly the way that it is portrayed. But the after life is real. This is why it is so important that you take care of your soul. In Prince’s movie, Under The Cherry Moon, he says the line “Life is a parade”. And on the first track of his HITNRUN Phase 1 album, he samples the beginning part of Let’s Go Crazy where he says “Dearly beloved, we are gather here to get through this thing called life” and he replaces the word  life with the word show. This is his way of saying to you that life is a show. It’s not real. It’s a movie or video game that we live in. Kind of like in The Matrix, but not quite, less sci-fi and no robots.  Sometimes it feels unfair that there is death, but life on Earth is just a temporary condition. We come here as souls to learn by playing a role, and we go “home” when we finish our lessons.

The first time I heard the song, Comeback from the Crystal Ball album, I cried. I cried not only because what i’s a sad song, but because I knew it was true. I was lying in bed, listening to the song and there he was, Prince holding my hand. I felt his energy so intensely. The song is about the death of his son, Boy Gregory, who died soon after his birth. In the lyrics, he refers to his son as “sweet wind”. Here in the lyrics, you can see that when he says “aftershow”, he means how spirits hang around after their passing and how you can feel their presence.

Walking up the stairs
Just the afternoon
Sweet wind blew
Not a moment 2 soon
I cried when I realized
That sweet wind was U

Spirits come and spirits go
Some stick around 4 the aftershow
Don’t have 2 say I miss U
Cause I think U already know

If U ever lose someone
Dear 2 U
Never say the words their gone
They’ll come back, yeah
Tears go here

Prince knew very well about the after life. He talked about it through out his music. So it’s no surprise that he would come back to tell us about it. Don’t be sad abut death, it’s just a transition. The human body expires, but the soul never dies. And they can hear you on the other side, more than you will ever know.

Image above: “When I died” by Prince in spirit.

©2016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

When I first started connecting with the spirit of Prince, one of the first things he did was lead to me his unreleased song, One Song. He asked me to share it with people, especially to those who are artists so that they can know the spiritual value of their work. Prince truly understood the power of the arts to influence the consciousness of society and he talks about it in the beginning of this song.

From his perspective, he saw the kind of stuff that is going on in the music industry. He didn’t want anything to do with it, so he stayed away from Hollywood. He left the major music label scene so that he could do his work, uncensored. Because he knew that he didn’t just come here to be a musician. He came to show us spiritual truths.

In his manifesto, he speaks about the kind of art that is filled with negativity designed to destroy the human mind. The excuse that is often used to justify such disturbing works of art is that Art reflects society. The spiritual truth is that artists are projecting themselves into their art. This energy gets projected into the collective consciousness and society reflect the Art. Art is a form of manifesting . We shape our reality through what we create. Therefore it is the responsibility of the artist to create what it is they want to see in the world. The enlightened artists chooses wisely what they gift to the world. The meaning that Prince wishes to coney in One Song is that there is no separation between oneself and the universe. They are together, the same, and therefore one has the power to create the world we live in. He is talking about oneness and unity consciousness. Everything is energy. Our thoughts are energy. These thoughts project into the universe and the universe reflects back to us our thoughts manifested in the physical.  Hence, it is also important what it is that we allow to enter our minds in regards to what media we consume.

These ideas were the founding principle when I founded Dreamer Gallery. I was quite aware that the art establishment may not accept my work, calling it “too pretty”. So I followed Prince’s business model that he used to sell his music and crated my own way of exhibiting and selling artworks.

Image above: “Mountains and the Sea” by Prince in spirit.

©2016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

Prince is infamous for his Purple Rain movie, but he has two other movies. Under The Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge. Neither of these apparently did very well and critics wrote them off. I love Under The Cherry Moon, and it has replaced my all-time favourite movie, Breakfast At Tiffany’s. It has a beautiful plot line, the costumes are gorgeous, it feels modern yet classic. And of course, the soundtrack is amazing. It is where the song, Kiss came from. My feeling on it is, not that these weren’t great movies, but because they had a higher spiritual message behind them, they were rejected by the media. As I mentioned in previous posts, the arts and cultures industry likes dark energy and that is what they promote to the masses.

I recently got a copy of Graffiti Bridge and watched it. I found it intriguing. It has a more cohesive plot line than Purple Rain, in my opinion.  There is a lot of symbolism going on and I feel it is very reverent for today, prophetic in some way. I want to discuss some of these, so spoiler alert if you want it to remain a surprise for you.

In the first scene we see a white feather floating in the air. White feathers are a symbol for an angels’ pressence. We later discover a character named Aura holding this white feather through out the movie. Aura is actually an angel sent to help Prince;s character, The Kid. The name Aura is a play on the word aura, which is the emanation of one’s light body that is invisible to the human eye. The light body is affected by human emotion, determining the energetic vibration of one’s being and ability to become enlightened.

The Kid keeps hearing a phrase being whispered to him, “It’s just around the corner”. He wonders what it all means. He runs a club that he and his band play at. It’s not doing too well and he owes money to the local ring leader, Morris Day, who’s been bullying him to shut down his club so that he can consolidate his power in running all the clubs in the Seven Corners district. I would say that Morris Day’s character is symbolic of the corporate attitude of shutting down the competition to rule them all.

Aura gets to know The Kid, and when she asks the Kid what he thinks of Morris’ club, he replies, “On the outside, it’s very nice. it’s the inside, that I’ve got a problem with”. The Kid is pointing out that appearances are deceiving. The corporations might look very ice, but their motives are anything but. He is talking about spiritual values here. In contrast, Morris is corrupt and only cares about money and power.

Talking to Aura, The Kid says, “Nobody likes my music”. She replies, “Don’t deal from that place, every time you do, you’ll lose. But you lose nothing, from believing”. This is one of the key spiritual messages, belief in oneself is crucial. Belief is how one manifests their reality.

The Kid is tied of being bullied by Morris and his gang, so he challenges him to a battle for total ownership of the club. Morris agrees to the battle but plays a sly hand when he sends his gang to break his music gear.  The Kid and his band show up to Morris’ club to perform with much bravado, but his audience is less than impressed. He is about to lose the club.

Aura tells him, “When a man screams you must learn to whisper”. This is another spiritual message. When someone tries to bully or offend you, yo must learn to rise above it and not react. Instead, walk away, surrender yourself to the power of God to heal the situation. Fighting only provokes more of it.

Morris has sent his people to try to take over the other two clubs in the neighbourhood, resulting in a confrontation on the street. The Kid realizes that it is in standing together that they can fight their bully. This scene is about unity consciousness. We all win by playing on the same team tougher instead of competing against each other. Aura nearby and out of nowhere, is tragically killed when a driver hits her. The scene closes with a nasty provocation by Morris towards The Kid. The Kid sings a ballad, called Still Would Stand All Time.

It’s just around the corner, it’s just around the block
This love that I’ve been waiting for, a Love solid as rock
A Love that reaffirms that we are not alone
A Love so bright inside you it glows
And night and day would run together, and all things would be fine
Still would stand all hate around us
Still would stand all time
Still would stand all time

The message here is that the kind of love that one has been searching for is not far away. One might think they are alone, but they are not. The love of God and angels are on the other side are surrounding us. This kind of love is steady and unconditional. It glows from within your heart. He is imparting a spiritual message here. The power of love is within you.

It’s not a thousand years away, it’s not that far my brother
When men will fight injustice instead of one another
Its not that far if we all say yes and only try
Then Heaven on Earth we will find

He is saying that Heaven on Earth is not something that is a long time from now. It is near. We will find it sooner when we stop fighting and competing with each other, and instead fight against injustice and corruption. I feel this is prophetic in these times as the process of end times has begun.

No one man will be ruler, therefore love must rule us all
Dishonesty, anger, fear, jealousy and greed will fall
Love can save us all

In the New Earth, there is no one ruler. We will be enlightened people who are ruled by love. Therefore we do not need laws or authority to govern over us. Love has the power to overcome all the negativity one experiences.

Oh, love, love, oh love if you would just please give us a sign
Still would stand all time
Heaven, heaven on earth we all want to find (we all want 2 find it)
Still (still) would stand all time

We are not alone people (we’re not alone)
Tell me can you see the light (can ya see the light)
If you just open your eyes (still would stand all time)
So much you will know, so much you will show
Love, love, its not that far away if we all say yes and give it a try
(Got ta give it, a try, yes!) still would stand all time (I say still)
(so many times) so may times, I thought I could not make it
(still would stand all time)

The message here is thatGod, angels and spirit guides are around us, there to help us. We can ask for signs to show that they are there. If you pay attention, you will see these signs and know that it’s true.

Life was closing in I just knew, I just knew I couldn’t take it
That’s when love opened it’s arms, and if you don’t go in child
Still would stand all time (still would stand all time)
You better run to the light, leave your past behind
All things will be fine
Still would stand all time

When he thought that he could not survive and overcome his problems, the love of God saved him. Forget your past, whatever you did, turn yourself over to the light.

In summary, the message in the movie is that love is the key to all thing. Even in times of trouble, when your enemies want to destroy you, instead of fighting them, go to God for your answer. The power of love is stronger than what the darkness can withstand. You can only fight the darkness with light. Therefore you must rise to the occasion and raise your own frequency vibration to love. This is what overcomes all. I know this can sound all fuzzy and woo woo, and not serious, but this is an important spiritual teaching that Prince is imparting here. Everything is about energy, emanating love from your heart centre shifts your vibration and this is how miracles can happen. This is how you fight the darkness, when your enemies sabotage you, and you think all is lost.

In the last scene, when the credits start rolling, a light board signs says The Time. The Kid reprograms the sign and it says, It’s Time. Throughout the movie phrases like, “What time is it?”, or “what time it is” are used and I feel that this is an indicator to say that the time for Heaven on Earth is here. Graffiti Bridge, a place in the movie, is symbolic of the bridge from the Old Earth to New Earth, that is Heaven on Earth. The way to get to it is through your heart.

Written with the guidance of Prince in spirit.

©2016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.