I think the song also has as much to do with immortality as it does suicide. I think the window washer is lamenting that he will leave no legacy. Even a crappy painter will most likely have SOMEONE save one of his or her paintings. The window washer feels he will leave nothing. A hundred years from now no one will know he even existed. But the Painter lives on...if not on some gallery wall for the masses to worship, at least in the closet of some old lady's house or in a thrift store with a $2.00 tag on it. Further on...some other person might buy it just for the frame...take it home and fall in love with it.
On a more dorky note, I love the 9.8 straight down. I wonder how few people actually get that. 9.8 meters per second2 is the acceleration of a falling body due to gravity. Gotta love BNL for remembering that tidbit from high school physics.
I think the song also has as much to do with immortality as it does suicide. I think the window washer is lamenting that he will leave no legacy. Even a crappy painter will most likely have SOMEONE save one of his or her paintings. The window washer feels he will leave nothing. A hundred years from now no one will know he even existed. But the Painter lives on...if not on some gallery wall for the masses to worship, at least in the closet of some old lady's house or in a thrift store with a $2.00 tag on it. Further on...some other person might buy it just for the frame...take it home and fall in love with it.
On a more dorky note, I love the 9.8 straight down. I wonder how few people actually get that. 9.8 meters per second2 is the acceleration of a falling body due to gravity. Gotta love BNL for remembering that tidbit from high school physics.
@Kwazy I got the 9.8... I just assumed almost everyone would. I'd be curious how many others either "knew it" or "had no idea". Comments?
@Kwazy I got the 9.8... I just assumed almost everyone would. I'd be curious how many others either "knew it" or "had no idea". Comments?