| Bad Religion – Chronophobia Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Actually this song has less to do with the future, or even a person's place and role in time than with individual mortality. The singer is constantly aware that his time is limited and is looking for some solution, but keeps realizing that nothing can stop him from dying someday. Look at the individual sections: These rational delusions have got to cease The second hand has finally got the best of me I'm too aware about the singularity That brought me to the edge of time And it's always on my mind now He has faced mortality directly and is obsessing with the fact that he will die, though this will come into clearer view as the song progresses. They say what has passed is coming back some day The world is turning faster but it's just one way And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed In the first half of this stanza he is faced with a cyclical theory of time, and possibly even Eastern thought on reincarnation but he comes back to the reality that his existence as him will end. The natural reaction to this is to perpetuate your bloodline. Maybe there's a science or technology To help me come to terms with my maker Since natural selection never banked on me I must be an exception to the plan Coming to terms with one's maker (religious) and natural selection (secular/scientific) both have implications re: dying. The final line "i must be the exception to the plan" is also a common reaction (or retraction!) when faced with mortality. Many people reason that their uniqueness or individuality will somehow exempt them from death. Someone help me understand now Cryogenic methods are intractable And collagen polymers aren't so terrible But they still can't prevent the inevitable farewell Cryogenics is obviously a reference to cryogenic freezing. And the "inevitable farewell" is clearly death. So there it is. One guy did. |
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