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Is It Like Today? Lyrics
Many years ago he
Looked out through a glassless window All that he could see was Babylon Beautiful green fields and dreams And learn to measure the stars But there was a worry in his heart He said, How could it come to this? I'm really worried about living How could it come to this? Yeah, I really want to know about this Is it like today? Then there came a day It moved out across the Mediterranean Came to western isles and the Greek young men And with their silver beards they laughed At the unknown of the universe They could sit and guess God's name But they said, How could it come to this? We're really worried about living How could it come to this Yeah, we really want to know about this Is it like today? Then there followed days of Kings, Empires and revolution Blood just looks the same when you open the veins But sometimes it was faith, power or reason as the cornerstone But the furrowed brow has never left his face He said, How could it come to this? We've living in a landslide How could it come to this? Yeah, we really want to know about this Is it like today? Then there came a day Man packed up flew off from the planet He went to the moon, to the moon Now he's out in space Hey, fixing all the problems He comes face to face with God He says, How could it come to this? I'm really worried about my creation How did it comes to this? You're really killing me, you know It isn't just today Is it like today? Is it like today? Bang! Many years ago he Looked out through a glassless window Didn't understand which what he saw
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07-02-2004
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04-11-2007
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07-07-2007
This song, to me, is about humanity over time. Over the centuries, the questions are still the same. Why are we here? What are we doing? What purpose do we have? How could it come to this?
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12-23-2007
Though literally it can be interpreted two ways. pessimisticly - as Man never learns "is this as good as it's ever gonna get?" OR optimistically - through recreation / rebirth (the last stanza) Man will be given an infinite number of chances for redemption. Knowing Wallinger's views, this is not an optimistic song...but interpret what you like.
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01-07-2008
That makes the line, "You're really killing me, you know" all the more powerful. It's about how we have a tendency to think ourselves the center of the universe -- the most important players on the block. There's always something larger than us.
For me, it seems like it's about recognizing that humanity is NOT all there is. We look around
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05-03-2008
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