Lyrics for Cycling Trivialities as interpreted by chanyinkeen

Cycling Trivialities Lyrics
Too blind to know your best.
Hurrying through the forks without regrets.
Different now, every step feels like a mile.
All the lights seem to flash and pass you by.

So how's it gonna be.
When it all comes down you're cycling trivialities.

Don't know which way to turn.
Every trifle becoming big concerns.
All this time you were chasing dreams,
without knowing what you wanted them to mean.

So how's it gonna be.
When it all comes down you're cycling trivialities.
So how's it gonna be.
When it all comes down you're cycling trivialities.

Who cares in a hundred years from now.
All the small steps, all your shitty clouds.
Who cares in a hundred years from now.
Who'll remember all the players.
Who'll remember all the clowns.

So how's it gonna be.
When it all comes down you're cycling trivialities.

So what does this really mean.
When it all comes down you're cycling trivialities.
Cycling trivialities.
Cycling trivialities.

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worsethansex
10-08-2007

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God, this song blows me away. It's so epically depressing. The way I see it, it's about how all of life is basically meaningless and trivial, and all we are is part of a cycle which goes on and on. So people are "cycling trivialities," just caught in the loop of existence, but most of them are too blind and self-possessed to notice it. All of those things in our lives we see as important, our dreams and ambitions, beauty, humor, self-growth, comes down to cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorous. And then González just keeps playing through the guitar loop over and over and you sit there, stunned. Earth-shattering.

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welcometothemachine
11-13-2007

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worsethanwax, i completely agree. and you're explication was very beautifully put.

damn, josé gonzález is brilliant.

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welcometothemachine
11-13-2007

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worsethansex, i completely agree. and you're explication was very beautifully put.

damn, josé gonzález is brilliant.

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freedomishonesty
11-19-2007

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We are missing the best inside us, by ignoring our inner beauty. We rush through our decisions, without caring about the path we neglect. Then, we get older, slow down, and reflect on each step. We either learn to make time for ourselves, or we struggle through each long day. Our lives feel as if time has gone by too quickly. We still have a choice to live outside the patterns of triviality-based living. When we are confused, our temperament is more sensitive and we over-exaggerate every little drama. At the same time we indulge the meaningless events, we also dream of a better tomorrow. However, we forget to aim our intentions. We can change the world, if we stop these revolving trivialities. Who is going to remember our small dilemmas and decisions in future generations? Who is going to remember the little steps and small mistakes? All of the things we stress out about are nothing in the big picture, neither are the things that make us happy. It is all about the importance of appreciating each day in the present and making a difference in the lives of people around, since this all the time we have, anyway. “So, how’s it gonna be,” implies that we have a choice between ordinary and extraordinary living.

Note:
“So, where is this leading me?” In my opinion, this is what he says at the end, rather than “so, what does this really mean.”

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Traces23
12-02-2007

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just an amazing song... it goes for 8 minutes, which is a pretty long damn song, but every moment of it is mesmerizing

i didn't really pay any attention to the lyrics until now, and it all makes sense to me now
ciao

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adeleinee
12-10-2007

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freedomishonesty. :) exactly right. beautiful song

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doodle81
06-23-2008

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He is basically saying....what is this life worth if we just throw it away and fail to appreciate our lives and the everyday things that we have grown to be unaware of.

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Treadhead
07-04-2008

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This song just delivers such a nostalgic feeling in me whenever I hear it...not nostalgic for any single thing, just a more general open-mindedness for the future and the past.
I never, ever felt it was depressing, though. I always thought that it was saying despite the fact that, most likely, nothing you do will be noteworthy, you're still making the world for tomorrow. Those small steps all add up to something, I suppose :p

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lazyoldsun
07-10-2008

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I think you're all right in some way. The sentiments are very mixed because it isn't a conclusion he finds, but more the realization that there are some contradictory behaviors and thoughts involved in every day living for most human beings.

Judging by the tone of the entire album, I would conclude the song is more pessimistic in its direction, pointing more towards the impossibility of this problem ever being resolved.

I love this song as I've felt the same thing that many of you have. Life is so utterly pointless and most attempts at figuring it all out leave us realizing the illusions of our senses and our entire consciousness. We end up in a state of nothingness consciously, unable to conclude, think, feel, move.

I do, however, think Jose is attempting, with the entire album, to point out the illusions and the problem of never resolving the major theme and issue. He seems to suggest that although conclusions is a futile thing to strive for in this life, killing ourselves with selfishness or drug use or any such behavior will only kill our time and take from us all that is pointed in the direction of something higher than humanity's plight and position.

After listening to this album on repeat for weeks at a time when i am 21 years old and prone to drug and alcohol abuse and egotistical exploitation of others as a result of my realizing life's major unsolvable issues, I find that I'm finally seeing what he is attempting to explain.

We must give give in to this, reflect, and carry on, perhaps not toward anything of resolve, but certainly much more capable of maintaining grace.

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r0st
10-23-2008

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I understand why others find this song pessimistic and depressing.

However I just feel so calm and happy everytime I hear it. It's like it's comforting to know that in the end neither you or anything that you do matters to anyone else. The only place where things have meaning is right now and only you and those close to you care about it.

Or maybe I'm just weird.

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BenjaminSchopenhauer
01-02-2009

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Our dog ben loved the sounds of jose..
He died 3 days before christmas 08 and everytime i listen to especially this song, I feel
how my throat gets weak and i how could cry any second..

There would be so much more to write how this whole album moves me, alone by choosing those words i could
write for ages ...but with what words? I can not describe the inside of my feelings with words thats how much i'm touched by it.



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Josejosh
01-04-2009

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I think its pretty self-explantory. Has such moving lyrics, along with most of his songs. He truely is a fantastic musician.

Cycling - Life and death
Trivialities - Us pointless, almost insignificant humans



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Josejosh
01-04-2009

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I think its pretty self-explantory. Has such moving lyrics, along with most of his songs. He truely is a fantastic musician.

Cycling - Life and death
Trivialities - Us pointless, almost insignificant humans



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kevinmick
05-26-2009

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\I think he's saying that money and our quest for fame, recognition, etc. is not what we should be focusing on, and he's sad about that b/c its trivial in the grand scheme of things. Life and death happen, and he thinks most of us aren't focusing on the right aspects of life. We should focus on important things them instead of "chasing dreams" to achieve status. Because our status won't mean shit in 100 years. He doesn't really say, but for me it says focus on your family, friends, and enjoy your life b/c its too short to worry and care about petty things. When we die, we'll remember the major things we had, not the "cycling trivialities". This is my favorite of Jose's songs, it makes me feel alive when I hear it.

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harrytheblurfan
06-08-2009

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i know this album (in our nature) and possibly this song is influenced by the god delusion, but for some reason it makes me more passionate about my faith, like a sufjan stevens song. like kevinmick said that it's saying that we're all following the wrong path, well for me it just makes me think that i should think about God more. it's crazy to think that this song has an opposite effect on me, it should make me think that God doesn't exist, but it really doesn't

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Opi93
07-11-2009

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The song is amazing he says our lives are all trivial all the little things that matter so much to us now are not even relevent in even 100 years. What makes it so beautiful is the way that he is playing a loop of beautiful guitar music.
I suppose the music is telling the story rather than the lyrics, the music is pleasant signifying how we are content with our lives while the loop is how repetitive it is.


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