To add to Reg's notes he's not "just" cheating. The song expresses unhappiness and sadness about his home life. It may be an affair, he may even be leaving permanently:
"from here to the moon"
"How things can change, I know"
"Try to pretend, it's not only ... Glass and concrete and stone"
And I think the use of a name, here "Harriet Hendershot" and her wearing sunglasses suggests that it's someone the neighborhood would recognize.
To add to Reg's notes he's not "just" cheating. The song expresses unhappiness and sadness about his home life. It may be an affair, he may even be leaving permanently:
"from here to the moon"
"How things can change, I know"
"Try to pretend, it's not only ... Glass and concrete and stone"
And I think the use of a name, here "Harriet Hendershot" and her wearing sunglasses suggests that it's someone the neighborhood would recognize.
(I like David Byrne's songs and I really like them when the lyrics seem less improvised. As with many other songwriters I like, I just wish he could sing better so I could listen to him in the car with my wife. ;) Many of his songs are crying out to be covered. Like this one.)
One addition/correction to my theory:
The house (not a home) in the end is the one he is leaving. It is easier to leave it if it is only a house and not a home.
To add to Reg's notes he's not "just" cheating. The song expresses unhappiness and sadness about his home life. It may be an affair, he may even be leaving permanently: "from here to the moon" "How things can change, I know" "Try to pretend, it's not only ... Glass and concrete and stone" And I think the use of a name, here "Harriet Hendershot" and her wearing sunglasses suggests that it's someone the neighborhood would recognize.
To add to Reg's notes he's not "just" cheating. The song expresses unhappiness and sadness about his home life. It may be an affair, he may even be leaving permanently: "from here to the moon" "How things can change, I know" "Try to pretend, it's not only ... Glass and concrete and stone" And I think the use of a name, here "Harriet Hendershot" and her wearing sunglasses suggests that it's someone the neighborhood would recognize.
(I like David Byrne's songs and I really like them when the lyrics seem less improvised. As with many other songwriters I like, I just wish he could sing better so I could listen to him in the car with my wife. ;) Many of his songs are crying out to be covered. Like this one.)