Interpretations:I Hear A New World

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I haven't thought about this extensively, but I see there isn't an interpretations page for this song yet and I'd like to throw something out there.

I think this song is, on the surface, about someone who has been disgnosed with a terminal illness and is aware that their time is limited. "How can I tell them what's in store for me?" is fairly straight-forward: if you know you're going to die, what do you tell loved ones? "I hear a new world calling me" refers, I guess, to the feeling of death growing ever closer, and possibly the afterlife theory.

It's difficult to summarize the message of this song, though. Thoughts?

I Hear A New World