wow...that's, in a nutshell, exactly how i feel about this song. strange...that's never happened before.
wow...that's, in a nutshell, exactly how i feel about this song. strange...that's never happened before.
I think you're absolutely right. the song is about the futility of life. it's actually a very depressing song with pretty much no silver-lining set to a very bouncy "la-la-la" rythm. It's very sarcastic fair to midland form; but in a different context...this time the lyrics themselves aren't tongue-in-cheek, they are very straight forward, but rather the depressing lyrics set to the upbeat music is what makes it so sardonic.
I think you're absolutely right. the song is about the futility of life. it's actually a very depressing song with pretty much no silver-lining set to a very bouncy "la-la-la" rythm. It's very sarcastic fair to midland form; but in a different context...this time the lyrics themselves aren't tongue-in-cheek, they are very straight forward, but rather the depressing lyrics set to the upbeat music is what makes it so sardonic.
of course there are the quintessential ftm turns of phrases....
of course there are the quintessential ftm turns of phrases. "doubting thomas deserves much more than we can give, if we win the lottery lets buy an island just for him." that line in itself is purposefully contradictory; but the essence of the song is that no matter what you do, no matter the mark you make in your lifetime, no matter how much people remember you, you will eventually be forgotten; therefore, aside from a religious afterlife standpoint (like you already said, the song is written in the context of an "atheistic death"), individual life is not building towards anything and doesn't really matter...legacies are always forgotten, and in time people always forget.
Just a guess, but this song might be about atheistic death
'Until we can't see what's ahead' --Old age, dying
'You can sew me in stitches Curse at the cautious While it lasts' --You can do whatever the hell you want while your life lasts
"Cause soon we'll all forget" --Nothing after death, nonexistence. No memories, just nothing.
wow...that's, in a nutshell, exactly how i feel about this song. strange...that's never happened before.
wow...that's, in a nutshell, exactly how i feel about this song. strange...that's never happened before.
I think you're absolutely right. the song is about the futility of life. it's actually a very depressing song with pretty much no silver-lining set to a very bouncy "la-la-la" rythm. It's very sarcastic fair to midland form; but in a different context...this time the lyrics themselves aren't tongue-in-cheek, they are very straight forward, but rather the depressing lyrics set to the upbeat music is what makes it so sardonic.
I think you're absolutely right. the song is about the futility of life. it's actually a very depressing song with pretty much no silver-lining set to a very bouncy "la-la-la" rythm. It's very sarcastic fair to midland form; but in a different context...this time the lyrics themselves aren't tongue-in-cheek, they are very straight forward, but rather the depressing lyrics set to the upbeat music is what makes it so sardonic.
of course there are the quintessential ftm turns of phrases....
of course there are the quintessential ftm turns of phrases. "doubting thomas deserves much more than we can give, if we win the lottery lets buy an island just for him." that line in itself is purposefully contradictory; but the essence of the song is that no matter what you do, no matter the mark you make in your lifetime, no matter how much people remember you, you will eventually be forgotten; therefore, aside from a religious afterlife standpoint (like you already said, the song is written in the context of an "atheistic death"), individual life is not building towards anything and doesn't really matter...legacies are always forgotten, and in time people always forget.