| Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[Rion:33276] Yes, this is my interpretation as well. I would add that if you watch the music video when he sings these parts: "Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Look where my hand was Time isn't holding up Time isn't after us Same as it ever was Same as it ever was" You can see the panic and exasperation in his face. My interpretation is that in those lucid moments he realizes over and over again at certain points in his life how finite life is, how fragile it is, how directionless and meaningless it all is in the end. Same as it ever was. Time isn't holding up, but it isn't after you either. It moves on, generations past you. We are all doing the same thing, letting the days go by and forgetting what life should really be about. And that's an overbearing thought to have. A repeating existential crisis for someone who has more than a couple of brain cells to rub together and think about. Same as it ever was. |
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