This song for me has always made me think a lot. About love and our society and what it means to be human. I can never decide though if he is talking about love in a general sense or specifically boy and girl love i.e. relationships, marriage, etc. I find the latter of these two interpretations more comforting. A world without couples and marriage and relationships seems to me to be a transcendence of the human race beyond our natural tendencies. Most animals sole purpose is indeed only to make more animals. On the other hand the alternative interpretation, a world devoid of any love (familial fraternal or otherwise) seems to me a bleak concept. I can't see a world without this kind of love ever existing. Sure it would be egalitarian and everyone would be equal in each others' eyes but I think that devalues the individual. Consequently I've always seen it, for me, as an attack on the institute of monogamy, gender roles, and the culture of romance rather than an outright rejection of passion for another human being.
Also, I think I read in an interview Tina said, in reference to the band splitting, that david was "incapable of love" so idk take that for what its worth. i wish i could go talk to david byrne.
This song for me has always made me think a lot. About love and our society and what it means to be human. I can never decide though if he is talking about love in a general sense or specifically boy and girl love i.e. relationships, marriage, etc. I find the latter of these two interpretations more comforting. A world without couples and marriage and relationships seems to me to be a transcendence of the human race beyond our natural tendencies. Most animals sole purpose is indeed only to make more animals. On the other hand the alternative interpretation, a world devoid of any love (familial fraternal or otherwise) seems to me a bleak concept. I can't see a world without this kind of love ever existing. Sure it would be egalitarian and everyone would be equal in each others' eyes but I think that devalues the individual. Consequently I've always seen it, for me, as an attack on the institute of monogamy, gender roles, and the culture of romance rather than an outright rejection of passion for another human being.
Also, I think I read in an interview Tina said, in reference to the band splitting, that david was "incapable of love" so idk take that for what its worth. i wish i could go talk to david byrne.