i really didn't think this song was about suicide but you guys bring out good points.
consider this instead:
i always thought this song was about the "rat race." conforming to a nine to five. "bend to squares" means to fit your life around a calendar. "bend to squares five to six times" is a work week. "what a way to cut lengthwise" is describing how a time-crunching school/work can take the life out of living.
any thoughts on "With two fingers a rock glass,
Time passed and that was that" ? i'm not even sure those are the right lyrics.
they are, in fact, the correct lyrics, but maybe it's saying that the character in the song is a drinker, maybe like...a drink 'on the rocks' would be with ice...and 'time passed and that was that...' i think that's saying that life is a monotony, and they're getting caught up in it. it reminds me of the Pink Floyd lyric from the song 'Time'. the lyric goes: '...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.'
they are, in fact, the correct lyrics, but maybe it's saying that the character in the song is a drinker, maybe like...a drink 'on the rocks' would be with ice...and 'time passed and that was that...' i think that's saying that life is a monotony, and they're getting caught up in it. it reminds me of the Pink Floyd lyric from the song 'Time'. the lyric goes: '...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.'
now, i'm questioning whether...
now, i'm questioning whether this song is about suicide or the "rat race." music_man122, you are very thought provoking. i LOVE this site.
i really didn't think this song was about suicide but you guys bring out good points.
consider this instead: i always thought this song was about the "rat race." conforming to a nine to five. "bend to squares" means to fit your life around a calendar. "bend to squares five to six times" is a work week. "what a way to cut lengthwise" is describing how a time-crunching school/work can take the life out of living.
any thoughts on "With two fingers a rock glass, Time passed and that was that" ? i'm not even sure those are the right lyrics.
they are, in fact, the correct lyrics, but maybe it's saying that the character in the song is a drinker, maybe like...a drink 'on the rocks' would be with ice...and 'time passed and that was that...' i think that's saying that life is a monotony, and they're getting caught up in it. it reminds me of the Pink Floyd lyric from the song 'Time'. the lyric goes: '...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.'
they are, in fact, the correct lyrics, but maybe it's saying that the character in the song is a drinker, maybe like...a drink 'on the rocks' would be with ice...and 'time passed and that was that...' i think that's saying that life is a monotony, and they're getting caught up in it. it reminds me of the Pink Floyd lyric from the song 'Time'. the lyric goes: '...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.'
now, i'm questioning whether...
now, i'm questioning whether this song is about suicide or the "rat race." music_man122, you are very thought provoking. i LOVE this site.
Totally agree.
Totally agree.