Reality, it burns
The way we're living is worse
The pillars of inspiration are all falling down
The clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on.
And it's now or never, too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
Standing in the neutral zone
Living on sleep deprivation
The rural route sleeps while the city bleeds all over itself
Over the falls in a barrel is where the answers have gone
And it's now or never, too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts
And it's here for now, transient tomorrow
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
Mother road remains, it provides no more
It can only take us away
Southbound, you can taste the weather
It feels like home
And it's now or never
Too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts
And it's here for now, transient tomorrow
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
The way we're living is worse
The pillars of inspiration are all falling down
The clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on.
And it's now or never, too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
Living on sleep deprivation
The rural route sleeps while the city bleeds all over itself
Over the falls in a barrel is where the answers have gone
And it's now or never, too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts
And it's here for now, transient tomorrow
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
It can only take us away
Southbound, you can taste the weather
It feels like home
And it's now or never
Too close to the latter
We're all living proof that nothing lasts
And it's here for now, transient tomorrow
We're all living proof that nothing lasts.
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Life's a winding road and nothing lasts. Go after what you really want while you can.
this song I think has a lot to do with the final days of Uncle Tupelo
And the award for most mystifying Son Volt lyric I present to:
The rural route sleeps while the city bleeds, all over itself, Over the falls in a barrel is where the answers have gone.
I suspect theres an autobiographical element to this, maybe it does have something to do with Uncle Tupelo's breakup.
The actual lyric is "Mother road remains/It provides no more/It can only take us away". Most if not all online lyric sites get this wrong. The mother road is of course US Highway 66 ("Route" 66). It is no longer an important route that we rely on, it is only useful for recreational purposes like vacations or holidays. This is a brilliant lyric that ties into the title of the song and makes much more sense than "Another road remains..."