I think this song is about how people are afraid to accept the future and that they would rather live present and future life as the past, although what happened in the past may very well be a starting area for what the future will be like (the great depression of 1929 and now we are about to hit another great depression, or a huge war like WW2 and now we are fighting a never ending war in Iraq). People are afraid of the future, but the future is a reoccurance of the past.
No. The song is about coming to terms with the various aspects of a person's place and role in time and the implications thereof. It could hardly be more explicit.
No. The song is about coming to terms with the various aspects of a person's place and role in time and the implications thereof. It could hardly be more explicit.
Actually this song has less to do with the future, or even a person's place and role in time than with individual mortality. The singer is constantly aware that his time is limited and is looking for some solution, but keeps realizing that nothing can stop him from dying someday.
Actually this song has less to do with the future, or even a person's place and role in time than with individual mortality. The singer is constantly aware that his time is limited and is looking for some solution, but keeps realizing that nothing can stop him from dying someday.
Look at the individual sections:
Look at the individual sections:
These rational delusions have got to cease
The second hand has finally got the best of me
I'm too aware about the singularity
That brought me to the edge of time
And it's always on my mind now
These rational delusions have got to cease
The second hand has finally got the best of me
I'm too aware about the singularity
That brought me to the edge of time
And it's always on my mind now
He has faced mortality directly and is...
He has faced mortality directly and is obsessing with the fact that he will die, though this will come into clearer view as the song progresses.
They say what has passed is coming back some day
The world is turning faster but it's just one way
And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed
In the first half of this stanza he is faced with a cyclical theory of time, and possibly even Eastern thought on reincarnation but he comes back to the reality that his existence as him will end. The natural reaction to this is to perpetuate your bloodline.
Maybe there's a science or technology
To help me come to terms with my maker
Since natural selection never banked on me
I must be an exception to the plan
Coming to terms with one's maker (religious) and natural selection (secular/scientific) both have implications re: dying. The final line "i must be the exception to the plan" is also a common reaction (or retraction!) when faced with mortality. Many people reason that their uniqueness or individuality will somehow exempt them from death.
Someone help me understand now
Cryogenic methods are intractable
And collagen polymers aren't so terrible
But they still can't prevent the inevitable farewell
Cryogenics is obviously a reference to cryogenic freezing. And the "inevitable farewell" is clearly death.
No. This song is about muffins. It could hardly be more explicit. Alright I lied okay? And I'm pretty sure the lyrics don't go, "And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed." I mean who is he, Tiger Woods? Come on. I think it's supposed to say abate.
No. This song is about muffins. It could hardly be more explicit. Alright I lied okay? And I'm pretty sure the lyrics don't go, "And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed." I mean who is he, Tiger Woods? Come on. I think it's supposed to say abate.
Also I agree with CaptainClay. This song reminds me of Cease.
Also I agree with CaptainClay. This song reminds me of Cease.
I think this song is about how people are afraid to accept the future and that they would rather live present and future life as the past, although what happened in the past may very well be a starting area for what the future will be like (the great depression of 1929 and now we are about to hit another great depression, or a huge war like WW2 and now we are fighting a never ending war in Iraq). People are afraid of the future, but the future is a reoccurance of the past.
No. The song is about coming to terms with the various aspects of a person's place and role in time and the implications thereof. It could hardly be more explicit.
No. The song is about coming to terms with the various aspects of a person's place and role in time and the implications thereof. It could hardly be more explicit.
Actually this song has less to do with the future, or even a person's place and role in time than with individual mortality. The singer is constantly aware that his time is limited and is looking for some solution, but keeps realizing that nothing can stop him from dying someday.
Actually this song has less to do with the future, or even a person's place and role in time than with individual mortality. The singer is constantly aware that his time is limited and is looking for some solution, but keeps realizing that nothing can stop him from dying someday.
Look at the individual sections:
Look at the individual sections:
These rational delusions have got to cease The second hand has finally got the best of me I'm too aware about the singularity That brought me to the edge of time And it's always on my mind now
These rational delusions have got to cease The second hand has finally got the best of me I'm too aware about the singularity That brought me to the edge of time And it's always on my mind now
He has faced mortality directly and is...
He has faced mortality directly and is obsessing with the fact that he will die, though this will come into clearer view as the song progresses.
They say what has passed is coming back some day The world is turning faster but it's just one way And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed
In the first half of this stanza he is faced with a cyclical theory of time, and possibly even Eastern thought on reincarnation but he comes back to the reality that his existence as him will end. The natural reaction to this is to perpetuate your bloodline.
Maybe there's a science or technology To help me come to terms with my maker Since natural selection never banked on me I must be an exception to the plan
Coming to terms with one's maker (religious) and natural selection (secular/scientific) both have implications re: dying. The final line "i must be the exception to the plan" is also a common reaction (or retraction!) when faced with mortality. Many people reason that their uniqueness or individuality will somehow exempt them from death.
Someone help me understand now Cryogenic methods are intractable And collagen polymers aren't so terrible But they still can't prevent the inevitable farewell
Cryogenics is obviously a reference to cryogenic freezing. And the "inevitable farewell" is clearly death.
So there it is.
One guy did.
No. This song is about muffins. It could hardly be more explicit. Alright I lied okay? And I'm pretty sure the lyrics don't go, "And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed." I mean who is he, Tiger Woods? Come on. I think it's supposed to say abate.
No. This song is about muffins. It could hardly be more explicit. Alright I lied okay? And I'm pretty sure the lyrics don't go, "And I'm desperate to try most anything to breed." I mean who is he, Tiger Woods? Come on. I think it's supposed to say abate.
Also I agree with CaptainClay. This song reminds me of Cease.
Also I agree with CaptainClay. This song reminds me of Cease.