Quantum Theory Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xsvsx 

Cover art for Quantum Theory lyrics by Jarvis Cocker

this song is so beautiful. the repetition of 'everything is gonna be alright' has always made me think 'who is he trying to convince?'. he doesn't believe it, does he? i love this song so much. ♥

Well, the song actually refers to a "parallel dimension"... so he doesn't have to actually believe that everything's going to be alright strictly but in that world he felt like that.

Actually, one of the things that I love the most about Jarvis album is how at first I felt that the album ended up leading you to that world full of happiness and calm... but after that, when I think that was all... Jarvis manages to bring you back to reality with the hidden track "Running the world", and this is how the things really are, the...