In ”Praying for Time,” Mr. Michael declares sarcastically, ”This is the year of the guilty man/ Your television will take a stand.” The gloomy lyric describes a world in which ”the rich declare themselves poor” and where ”charity is a coat you wear twice a year.” The song’s starkest lines imagine people huddled behind their doors, clinging to material possessions and screaming, ”What’s mine is mine and not yours.”
”No event inspired the song, just life in general,” Mr. Michael said. ”It’s my way of trying to figure out why it’s so hard for people to be good to each other. I believe the problem is conditional as opposed to being something inherent in mankind. The media has affected everybody’s consciousness much more than most people will admit. Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We’re taught that you have to grab what you can before it’s gone. It’s almost as if there isn’t time for compassion.”
SOURCE: George Michael on Fame and Freedom (New York Times, 1990)
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