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Over Our Heads Lyrics
So what you're never understood
Big deal you're doomed to die
Oh nothing ever lasts
It all gets torn to shreds
If something's everlasting
It's over our heads
Think your troubles are so serious
Well one day you'll be so long gone
Cos nothing ever lasts
It all gets torn to shreds
If something's everlasting
It's over our heads
Big deal you're doomed to die
Oh nothing ever lasts
It all gets torn to shreds
If something's everlasting
It's over our heads
Well one day you'll be so long gone
Cos nothing ever lasts
It all gets torn to shreds
If something's everlasting
It's over our heads
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This song is absolutely beautiful. I love the vocal melodies, and the lyrics are fantastic. Most of it is self explanatory, but I really love the double meaning for the chorus. Superb stuff.
Here's what I think.
Me, you, the guy down the street, we're all gonna die. Everything about us personally is going to disappear one day. If something is grand and ultimate in the universe, it's probably too complex for us to ever comprehend or realize.
"Over our heads" has a double meaning for me. I'm not a religious person but it seems to me he could be saying that something everlasting is both beyond our understanding, and also referring to a god as being over our heads. Amazing writing.