Karen pointed out that the idea behind this song seems to play a bit on Hegel’s of the universal rug/weave of which we are all a part…

we’ve all got things that are hanging about

things that make us cool, things that make us whack, things that make us mad

things we wish we never had done

but they’re just the things that make us real

not the maps to guide where we go from here

the road twists and braids our hair

until we all get there…

Braided Hair – Speech and Neneh Cherry [3.8MB], from the 1 Giant Leap CD