We shall not be moved
In this song, I cannot figure out the meaning of the sentence "We shall not be moved". Which is the meaning? 1) We will not be affected emotionally, 2) We will not move physically, or 3) both of them? Thank you.
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It could be either one (although I find it somewhat strange to imply that one " shall not be affected emotionally"). It's hard to say without knowing the context; you haven't provided the lyrics to the song, so there's not much to go by.
- It could be either one (although I find it somewhat strange to imply that one " shall not be affected emotionally").
- It's hard to say without knowing the context; you haven't provided the lyrics to the song, so there's not much to go by.
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It could be either one (although I find it somewhat strange to imply that one "shall not be affected emotionally"). It's hard to say without knowing the context; you haven't provided the lyrics to the song, so there's not much to go by.
0Although "moved" has both meanings (being affected emotionally or being provoked to the expression of an emotion, and having moved physically or having changed any way) and both meanings can be used together for rhetoric, here the meaning is the 2nd one, which is "we will not go anywhere". The lyrics can be found by a Google search as well.
0AnonymousWe shall not be moved.
~ We will not be dissuaded from pursuing our cause.
~ No one will persuade us to change our minds in the pursuit of our cause.
CJ
0If these are the lyrics,
Well I'm on my way to heavenWe shall not be moved
On my way to heaven
We shall not be moved
Just like a tree that's standing by the water side
We shall not be movedWe shall not we shall not be moved
We shall not we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that's standing by the water side
We shall not be movedOn the road to freedomWe shal
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