| The Who – The Song Is Over Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song was originally written as the final song in the abandoned Lifehouse project. The quick and fast premise is in a futuristic dystopia a man discovers music and the concept of the One Note and arranges a concert. Every living person has a melody, a song which is only for them. The One Note is the expression of everyone's melody in unison, whereupon they disappear from the earth into a higher plane of existence and understanding. I believe the song is describing someone who had set out to look for someone very special to them that went to that concert and is now in the realm beyond. He laments throughout the song, "the song is over", meaning the One Note has occurred and that "they're all ahead now," meaning they have moved on into that higher plane. His life now becomes about discovering his song, so he too might one day reach that higher plane and be reunited with his loved one. He's going to "sing [his] song to the wide open spaces" and rediscover her "even if it takes a million years". A beautifully profound love story with a higher philosophical resonance that only Townsend could deliver. |
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