I wish I could find an official version of these lyrics as these kind of websites usually seem to have lyrics posted phonetically or by people who don't speak the native language of the writer. However, what I have been able to glean is the lyrics are about the ongoing fight for life and inevitability of death. "So it Goes" is a line from "Slaughterhouse Five" referencing either a transition or when someone dies. All the lyrics in this song seem to be about someone or a group of people trying something to prolong life or overcome challenging circumstances when ultimately the outcome may be beyond control 1) young stagehand loses his arm while trying to keep electricity for concert. 2) futility of politicians to keep a plan for world peace. 3) person (or Persian snake charmer?)bit by a snake or maybe a heroin addict O.D.-ing from a needle "bite" ...either way it is a person in a very risky situation now forced to deal with the reality of the bite. FYI, I hear "And in the air there is absolution-
I wish I could find an official version of these lyrics as these kind of websites usually seem to have lyrics posted phonetically or by people who don't speak the native language of the writer. However, what I have been able to glean is the lyrics are about the ongoing fight for life and inevitability of death. "So it Goes" is a line from "Slaughterhouse Five" referencing either a transition or when someone dies. All the lyrics in this song seem to be about someone or a group of people trying something to prolong life or overcome challenging circumstances when ultimately the outcome may be beyond control 1) young stagehand loses his arm while trying to keep electricity for concert. 2) futility of politicians to keep a plan for world peace. 3) person (or Persian snake charmer?)bit by a snake or maybe a heroin addict O.D.-ing from a needle "bite" ...either way it is a person in a very risky situation now forced to deal with the reality of the bite. FYI, I hear "And in the air there is absolution-