I think it's about a couple who figured that they would be together forever, and were lost in the throws of young love, although they were truly in love. Then, some force that neither of them could control, took one of them away, and the other is truly hurt. She doesn't know what to do, and she doesn't feel anger, just sadness that she can't be with him. Deep down she knows that she won't see him again, but she is fostering hope anyways, and is incredulous that neither of them, nor anyone else could see this tradgedy coming, thus "Who Knew?"

I think what this song is really saying is that we all have a chance to change things out there in the world, and we can either stay repressed, and do what people tell us to do, or else we can forget our differences, and band together, and "RISE". We can forget the fact that he is chinese, and she is african american, that we are all really the same inside. The only reason they keep us down, is because we really keep ourselves down with hate and rasism. If we forget that though, we can be so much more.

I think that this song is really about how you can keep with the simple things, such as just riding your bike with no handlebars. It's a simple, innocent feat, that you bragged about as kids. But as the world grows and changes, and you grow and change, suddenly there's alot more not-so-innocent feats out there, and that every single human has this amazing potetential, and no one is going to tell us how to use it. Everyone has the potential to destroy the world in a holocoust, or they can write a comic, invent a new medicine, a new car. We all have the potential to do something great, devestating, or not. I think this is like a warning, think before you become overly amitious, try to take joy in the little, simple things, don't let amition take you over. Don't disregard the joy of riding your bike with no handlebars.

I think what Bjork is trying to say, or at least what it means to me, is that we are the "Earth intruders". We have taken over this world, and molded it to our twisted vision. "They'll be no resistance" she says, and that's true, we took over the world with nothing really in our way. Also, at the end of the song, you hear the sounds of ships, and factories. What do you think that symbolises, eh? The one line that really stands out when talking about this song is "Forgive this tribe!" Yes, we started out as one small tribe, and look what we've done. Now, the only question is that of, should we be forgiven? Are we really as bad as that? Think about it.