to me the whole basis of the song is focused on a general way of being that human beings take on. The line "you've been dead for years, but you never knew," is an observation of a person who is going with the motions, who aren't really living. Sure physically, they are breathing, and eating, but their existence has become a repetitive routine, and those 'rabid bits of time' represent the regret that is the consequence of never actually living out everything you wanted to in the time you had, and that regret eats at you. What he seems to be saying is, there is no distinction between life and death when one is not truly living, and when one cannot accurately predict what happens when you die. You could have been dead the whole time you were living, you could have been dreaming, no body knows what it is, it could be right now...
I dont think this song has anything to do with 'truly living' or getting the most out of life as above poster suggests. That all seems a bit too mundane for Chad. I think the 'dead for years/ But you never knew' line means that the person who is dead doesn't know they're dead (as they're dead!), and its only in memories that they still exist, being constantly eaten away by rabid bits of time. I think that coheres reasonably well with what he says in the rest of the lyrics about dreams and life beyond death, and...
I dont think this song has anything to do with 'truly living' or getting the most out of life as above poster suggests. That all seems a bit too mundane for Chad. I think the 'dead for years/ But you never knew' line means that the person who is dead doesn't know they're dead (as they're dead!), and its only in memories that they still exist, being constantly eaten away by rabid bits of time. I think that coheres reasonably well with what he says in the rest of the lyrics about dreams and life beyond death, and whether such realms as memories and dreams constitute a plain of existence in themselves, beyond death. Maybe..
to me the whole basis of the song is focused on a general way of being that human beings take on. The line "you've been dead for years, but you never knew," is an observation of a person who is going with the motions, who aren't really living. Sure physically, they are breathing, and eating, but their existence has become a repetitive routine, and those 'rabid bits of time' represent the regret that is the consequence of never actually living out everything you wanted to in the time you had, and that regret eats at you. What he seems to be saying is, there is no distinction between life and death when one is not truly living, and when one cannot accurately predict what happens when you die. You could have been dead the whole time you were living, you could have been dreaming, no body knows what it is, it could be right now...
I dont think this song has anything to do with 'truly living' or getting the most out of life as above poster suggests. That all seems a bit too mundane for Chad. I think the 'dead for years/ But you never knew' line means that the person who is dead doesn't know they're dead (as they're dead!), and its only in memories that they still exist, being constantly eaten away by rabid bits of time. I think that coheres reasonably well with what he says in the rest of the lyrics about dreams and life beyond death, and...
I dont think this song has anything to do with 'truly living' or getting the most out of life as above poster suggests. That all seems a bit too mundane for Chad. I think the 'dead for years/ But you never knew' line means that the person who is dead doesn't know they're dead (as they're dead!), and its only in memories that they still exist, being constantly eaten away by rabid bits of time. I think that coheres reasonably well with what he says in the rest of the lyrics about dreams and life beyond death, and whether such realms as memories and dreams constitute a plain of existence in themselves, beyond death. Maybe..