> I know you see somehow the world will change for me and be so wonderful
Right off the bat, Miranda decides to phrase her desire to change the world as “somehow the world will change for me.” This implies that not only will the world get better, but it will do it for her sake. This line also uses a classic propaganda rhetorical technique of suggesting that you already agree with this: “I know you see.”
> Live life, breathe air I know somehow we're gonna get there and feel so wonderful
Nothing particularly ominous here, probably because Miranda is trying to make people more comfortable after she expressed her desire to have the entire world bend to her will. She reminds you that you will feel wonderful in this new world. These first two lines are definitely the most purely positive lines in the song, which becomes more blatant the longer it goes on.
> I will make you change your mind
Listen to the phrasing of this. She will *make* you change your mind. As in, if you don’t buy into the previous interpretation and see how wonderful the world will become for you under her rule, then she will *force* you to change your mind.
> These things happen all the time
When do we use a phrase like this? It’s not when we are describing something that’s obviously wonderful and amazing, it’s when we are talking about something bad.
This suggests that Miranda here is being an apologist for something that you, the listener, perceive as bad, and trying to convince you that it’s actually normal and “happens all the time.” This could be referring to whatever she is going to do to “make you change your mind,” but I think it could also be more broadly applied to some of the more evil things that Miranda’s dictatorship has accomplished by this point.
These two lines taken together (“I will make you change your mind” and “These things happen all the time”) tell us that Miranda is definitely operating under an assumption that you have some sort of reservations about living in her “wonderful” world that she needs to convince you out of. Most people who first hear this song assume that Miranda is just a general do gooder who wants to make the world a better place, but we don’t feel the need to say things like this when the “changing the world” we are talking about is volunteering for a charity or just making people happy through entertainment. Clearly she’s talking about “changing the world” in a much more controversial way - by taking control of it. That’s why the whole world is changing “for her” - not just changing for the better.
> And it's all real I'm telling you just how I feel
Why would we think any of this isn’t real? Or that Miranda isn’t telling us how she really feels? Just like in the previous line, saying things like this only makes sense when you think the other person has a reason to doubt it in the first place. This line essentially boils down to “I’m not lying to you.”
Let’s recap this whole section: up to this point in the song, Miranda wants the world to change “for her,” really wants to convince you that it will be “wonderful,” feels like she has to “change your mind” about something, and assumes that you perceive that thing as bad, reassuring you that it actually “happens all the time,” and also feels the need to reassure you that she isn’t lying to you. This is a really bizarre tack to take in a song that’s just generically motivational. We’ve got two lines about how great things are going to be, followed up by three lines insisting that if you think anything is bad, you’re wrong and your mind will be changed (forcibly, if necessary).
> So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be
This is pretty obvious. A direct reference to the members of Miranda’s nation, and “waking them up” which is a pretty typical phrase we hear a lot in political propaganda. This is also when Miranda clarifies who the “you” in this song is - the members of her nation.
> There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see the brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be
This is when Miranda starts to ramp up the motivation and wants to invigorate the members of her nation to action. Just like in the “these things happen all the time” line, there’s an implicit assumption here that you may perceive something wrong with what she’s saying - she’s asking you to look at the “bright side.” And of course, some things are meant to be. Miranda wants to legitimize her authority by saying that it was preordained and always meant to be.
> So give me your best and leave the rest to me
Here we get the main theme and message of the song - you are going to provide all your effort, Miranda is going to provide the actual decision making. Crucially, she’s not telling you to do your best, to give the situation your best, or to be your best. She says “give ME your best.” (Similarly, later in the song she says “show ME what you can become.”) Just like the world will change “for ME.” Every time Miranda motivates you to be better and love yourself in this song, it’s somehow connected back to her and what she wants.
> I know it's time to raise the hand that draws the line and be so wonderful
I don’t really see any other interpretation of this line other than an expression of authority. Miranda will be the one who “draws the line” - who determines what it right, and what is wrong. The phrasing is very authoritative as well - “It’s time to raise the hand that draws the line.” The suggestion that “the time has come” and the imagery of hands/fists is generally evocative of control and authority.
> Golden sunshine I know somehow it's gonna be mine and feel so wonderful
Miranda doesn’t just want to change the world. She wants to own the world. She wants it to “be mine.” Even the sun will be hers.
These are probably the two most ominous lines in this whole song, and in my opinion the only two lines that don’t make sense in the context that this song is motivational, or that she is talking about a normal level of ambition for her webshow. Yet, they make perfect sense in the context that Miranda wants to control everything, to dominate the entire world. She will “draw the line” between right and wrong. Even the sun itself will “be hers.”
This is why this is the second set of lines that gets “so wonderful” at the end. Now that she’s being so blatant with her desires, she needs to reassure you that it will still be wonderful.
> Show me what you can become there's a dream in everyone
Similar to the previous line where she says “give ME your best,” she says “show ME what you can become.” When Miranda talks about you becoming the best version of yourself in this song, you are doing that for her.
> And it's all real I'm telling you just how I feel
> So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be
> There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see
> The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be
> So give me your best and leave the rest to me
Repeat of the lines from before.
> Leave it all to me (leave it all to me)
This is the TITLE of the song. This is Miranda’s main thesis. Leave it all to her. Let her be the one to make all the decisions. That’s how we get the world that becomes wonderful. That’s how we achieve our dreams. That’s the reality that we need to “wake up” to. Phrased in the imperative, as a command.
> So make it right (make it alright) and see it through (you got to)
Now that we are coming to the end of the song we get a few more calls to action, which is the whole purpose of the song to begin with (to motivate you to do things). The idea of “making things right” is relatively politically charged, and Miranda reminds you that if you start questioning what you’re doing, you should see it through to the end (backed up with, “you got to”).
> You know won't be free until you
Very politically charged language here. By surrendering your will to Miranda, leaving everything to her, and buying into her “wonderful” world, you will become free. Not only that, this is the ONLY way for you to become free.
> Wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be
> There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see
> The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be
> So give me your best and leave the rest to me
> Leave it all to me, (leave it all to me), leave it all to me, just leave it all to me
Once again reiterating these lines.
So here’s our song: Wake up to the truth. This is simply meant to be, this is what’s right. If you have any reservations, Miranda will make you change your mind. These things happen all the time. This is all real, she’s not lying to you. When the world changes for her, when her hand is the one that draws the line, when she owns even the sun itself, that’s when everything will be wonderful. You already know it, you already see it, it’s the only way for you to be truly free. In order to really achieve your dreams, you have to give your best to Miranda, show her what you can become. You have to leave it all to her.