"When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
And I have become comfortably numb "
Damn...Just damn. I totally know what that's about, even if it's only in my own way. I can't put it into words, though...
I have always thought that was the saddest line in music. The first time I heard it I stopped the car and wrote it down so I would remember it.
I have always thought that was the saddest line in music. The first time I heard it I stopped the car and wrote it down so I would remember it.
We all had dreams when we were young about what we would be and who we would become -- we caught fleeting glimpses out of the corners of our eyes. But now they're gone and we've become comfortably numb.
We all had dreams when we were young about what we would be and who we would become -- we caught fleeting glimpses out of the corners of our eyes. But now they're gone and we've become comfortably numb.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows I just came on here because I was thinking about that line 'I caught a fleeting glimpse' - of what??? It resonates with me too, though I don't know what it means :) Maybe a glimpse of what is on the other side?
@SmileyFuckingRainbows I just came on here because I was thinking about that line 'I caught a fleeting glimpse' - of what??? It resonates with me too, though I don't know what it means :) Maybe a glimpse of what is on the other side?
@SmileyFuckingRainbows To put it fairly simply - the part of this absolute cracking lyric you have extrapolated refers to the realisation as an adult of how all the dreams and hopes that life promised were smoke and mirrors in reality, and as life goes on, it becomes clearer that they drift further away as we get older. Becoming comfortably numb simply refers to the coping strategy - when one has been hurt so many times, shut off your feelings so as you can't be hurt again. Just simply brilliant.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows To put it fairly simply - the part of this absolute cracking lyric you have extrapolated refers to the realisation as an adult of how all the dreams and hopes that life promised were smoke and mirrors in reality, and as life goes on, it becomes clearer that they drift further away as we get older. Becoming comfortably numb simply refers to the coping strategy - when one has been hurt so many times, shut off your feelings so as you can't be hurt again. Just simply brilliant.
"When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone And I have become comfortably numb "
Damn...Just damn. I totally know what that's about, even if it's only in my own way. I can't put it into words, though...
I have always thought that was the saddest line in music. The first time I heard it I stopped the car and wrote it down so I would remember it.
I have always thought that was the saddest line in music. The first time I heard it I stopped the car and wrote it down so I would remember it.
We all had dreams when we were young about what we would be and who we would become -- we caught fleeting glimpses out of the corners of our eyes. But now they're gone and we've become comfortably numb.
We all had dreams when we were young about what we would be and who we would become -- we caught fleeting glimpses out of the corners of our eyes. But now they're gone and we've become comfortably numb.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows It's about the same entity "Hey you" is about.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows It's about the same entity "Hey you" is about.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows I just came on here because I was thinking about that line 'I caught a fleeting glimpse' - of what??? It resonates with me too, though I don't know what it means :) Maybe a glimpse of what is on the other side?
@SmileyFuckingRainbows I just came on here because I was thinking about that line 'I caught a fleeting glimpse' - of what??? It resonates with me too, though I don't know what it means :) Maybe a glimpse of what is on the other side?
@SmileyFuckingRainbows To put it fairly simply - the part of this absolute cracking lyric you have extrapolated refers to the realisation as an adult of how all the dreams and hopes that life promised were smoke and mirrors in reality, and as life goes on, it becomes clearer that they drift further away as we get older. Becoming comfortably numb simply refers to the coping strategy - when one has been hurt so many times, shut off your feelings so as you can't be hurt again. Just simply brilliant.
@SmileyFuckingRainbows To put it fairly simply - the part of this absolute cracking lyric you have extrapolated refers to the realisation as an adult of how all the dreams and hopes that life promised were smoke and mirrors in reality, and as life goes on, it becomes clearer that they drift further away as we get older. Becoming comfortably numb simply refers to the coping strategy - when one has been hurt so many times, shut off your feelings so as you can't be hurt again. Just simply brilliant.