Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones
There is water underground
Once In A Lifetime, by The Talking Heads. Another
one of those fabulous what-does-that-mean? songs.
I remember the first time I
heard it, and I instantly related. I
always relate in a powerful way, even though I’m not too sure what it’s
about. A brief online search on the song
reveals that it’s a mystery to others too, with various theories being offered
up, including:
1.
re-incarnation
2.
mid-life crisis
3.
pointless materialism
4.
water (in a meaning-of-life sort of way)
If I’d had to put it into
words at the time, I would have gone for mid-life crisis, even though when the
song came out I was only 27. But I
dunno.
Water dissolving … and water
removing
There is water at the bottom
of the ocean
And the video, with David
Byrne bouncing around like a nervous puppet.
It’s all kind of threatening and sinister.
Same as it ever was, I
guess.
How do I work this?
