Been to the Future Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 2006200720082009 

Cover art for Been to the Future lyrics by Three

The carnival-sounding part makes me want to cream myself.

Anyway, it sounds like this song is about people who follow the same daily routine for their entire life, and that they're very predictable, and the singer is saying that he's "been to the future" because he knows that they won't change their habits and they'll always continue on that way.

the double-meaning of "been to the future" is that if "they" are headed for a future that's exactly the same as their present, then "they" have already been to the future too.

to me the song is definitely about unwillingness or inability to change.