Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again In the silent water Under the rocks and stones There is water underground.
And you may ask yourself " What is that beautiful house? And you may ask yourself Where does that highway go to? And you may ask yourself Am I right? Am I wrong? What have I done? Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Look where my hand was Time isn't holding up Time isn't after us Same as it ever was Same as it ever was.
Compartilhar no Facebook Compartilhar no Twitter. Once In a Lifetime Talking Heads. Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again After the money's gone Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground And you may ask yourself How do I work this?
Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again After the money's gone Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Water dissolving and water removing There is water at the bottom of the ocean Under the water, carry the water Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again In the silent water Under the rocks and stones There is water underground Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again After the money's gone Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground And you may ask yourself " What is that beautiful house?
Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again In the silent water Under the rocks and stones There is water underground Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down Letting the days go by Water flowing underground Into the blue again After the money's gone Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Look where my hand was Time isn't holding up Time isn't after us Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Letting the days go by same as it ever was Letting the days go by same as it ever was Once in a lifetime Letting the days go by Letting the days go by.
Nos avise. Completely can relate, honest and well said. Thank you. General Comment This is one of my favorite songs! The video is crazy too. But i think that this song is just a reminder to us to not let life slip away without fully appreciating it. If you don't pay attention, you may find yourself "in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife" and not even realize why you're there or what it means.
Quaggi on May 22, Link. Or 'What he has done! My Interpretation I actually don't believe this is about living your live like a zombie without any meaning. I think he is talking about how people imagine time and how it affects our lives.
Most people think about time as a stream that leading us from one point to another, and thus live their lives always looking forward, trying to get to a point that they are not at. I think in reality, time doesn't really exist. All things are just sitting there, they have always been the same, and if they change it is because of a property that always existed in them. When people look at it this way they realize that everything around them truly exists, it is not changing into it's true form, or degrading away.
He says "time isn't after us" most people always live in fear of running out of time, and they feel that they are waiting for things to get better, not realizing that everything they image will exist in the future is right in front of them.
People are "letting the days go by", not pursuing their strong desires, thinking that something needs to be different before they can get to them. People's lives are awkwardly shaped around this, they are confused and try to move foreward, guessing at what to fill their lives with like a beautiful house and wife.
The way we imagine time is what sets us apart from other animals so much. When they have a desire, they will not do anything else until that desire is met, or a more urgent desire comes. It's about existentialism, like that carl jung quote "the ultimate question is: is man connected to something infinite?
We feel haunting existential uncertainty. In part because of the way we imagine death as a stream that is rapidly moving us away from our existence. What I think is, all things are made of matter, your brain, your thoughts and feelings, are all just interpretations of different arrangements of matter.
So if a thought or feeling existed at some point in your mind, it certainly exists, and there is no need to be afraid of losing it. If all things are simply material, then when you die you will exist simply as much, or as little, as you did before. Below and above all is time. Time changes everything it touches but time itself never changes.
It neither increases or decreases bluntforcetrauma on April 24, General Comment I interpret this song in a somewhat spiritual sense; almost like a "creation myth" in which David Byrne undergoes a reawakening to the primary forces which are moving his existence. I think we often get lost in the details of modern existence with things like electric toothbrushes and forget that there is a place we can go mentally where such things do not exist In that perspective, there is no such thing as money "after the money's gone I got out my albums and turntable and placed the platter down after some 20 years.
I agree with you about the spiritual sense of the song. This is a song about a transcendent realization of "spirit being in a body" versus a "body with a spirit". It is only after one has journeyed this transendetial concept that it becomes so apparent in the song, at least in my opinion. Thank you for your input NukNuk Nuknuk on July 18, I can see multiple interpretations though, but yeah I get a dissociative vibe.
General Comment Once In A Lifetime: An theoretical interpretation Once In A Lifetime tells of a man or a woman who all of a sudden -- comes to terms with the banality and disconnection he feels towards his present life's situation.
The first verse describes his initial shock, in the realization that all of this somehow feels very unfamiliar. He starts questioning surroundings, then the chorus comes in. The chorus is a sudden ephiphany realizing what's been passing him by day-by-day, as the last sentence of the first verse literally asks the question: "Well How did I get here?
It is an epiphany, and the realization comes from the fact that he's letting materialism and disconnection from reality cause the days to go by. Letting the water pull him down. Despite him having an epiphany that the water is preventing him from enjoying life -- the simple acknowledgement of the water implies that the negativity may remain as the water is not completely out of his thoughts.
At this point he snaps out of the brief realization, this time a bit more grounded in reality. In this next verse the character becomes more questionable of his present life situation, at the end declaring that he doesn't even belong and that it is all wrong!
Then it goes back into a second epiphany of the same topicality as his first. The realization that he can change his current setup -- in this chorus I feel that water means "I can hear the water of life within me and beneath my feet -- I am still alive and can change this setup!
Because the next bit has the main character freaking out down the line again. In his new situation, the one he thought would work in his most recent epiphany, he thinks that he should be emotionally content -- but he is not. New situation, but it is the "same as it ever was". In the next verse, particularly as evidenced by the distortion throughout the verse, the world is tempting him to let the water pull him down again.
It is just a metaphorical way of describing all of life's negative moods and petty desires blinding each of us. This next time however, the third epiphany that is still the same in subject matter as his last two causes him to go insane. He commits suicide, through drowning. He's lost in himself and cannot figure anything out. The water will literally hold him down until he floats lifelessly to the top, the water flowing underground.
As he is dying, the next verse are his final contemplations on reality. They are self-explanatory. The epiphany he stumbled upon repeats twice, as if that is all that is left on his mind in addition to the repeated "same as it ever was" which is the specific thought that drives him to suicide.
I just think the water imagery tells the LITERAL side of death, but intended to illustrate the metaphorical concept of an ego death and reconnection with the world. AndrewVS on August 10, Link. Very well written and explained. Thank you for sharing : ladean63 on April 02, AndrewVS H'mm - I strongly feel the water is positive - it reminds him of 'beingness' - which is always the 'same as it ever was'.
The water is Silent, underground pure and life-giving General Comment The unexamined life is not worth living. Rasputin on January 04, Link. The unexamined life is soo worth living!! Your brain got jacked up by Socrates. He should have told you that you don't have to examine life to take it apart and consequently kill the thing that you want to know. Mastered By. Greg Calbi. Gary Kurfirst.
Hot lyrics. Featured lyrics. You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack You may find yourself in another part of the world You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here? Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again after the money's gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground You may ask yourself, how do I work this?
You may ask yourself, where is that large automobile?
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