Heaven

In my opinion he's being ironic, just like in several other TH songs.

"It's hard to imagine..." fits perfectly as an ironic statement.

After all, who could take an endless replay of events, even if they were pleasing to you the first time or couple of times (like your favorite song or one specific kiss)? At some point it's gonna end up letting you sick of it.

"Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens": Yeah, he's got it right. He saying the truth opinionlessly for us to avaliate it. Maybe this freakish, neurotic, ever-changing life we have every day is way better than that eternal nothingness. Unless boredom doesn't exist up there...

Or maybe he isn't being ironic at all and it's just plain surprised that the fact that "nothing ever happens" it's great up there in Heaven, although with the examples he gives (the song, the party, the kiss) it sounds like torture.

I'm surprised no one has commented about the music yet. It's the same melody all the time, except for the typical verse-chorus division. The version on Stop Making Sense (great version, by the way. The lack of percussion moves the bass to the front and David's vocals are some of his finest) showcases this clearly. Kinda the same endless replay that happens on Heaven, the place. And yet the song ain't boring - another irony - although it lasts only a few minutes, which is nothing compared to the eternity Byrne talks about.

My conclusion is that eternity can be quite a scary, ominous thing for us mortals, at least when paired with repetition and nothingness, as portrayed by David. And even then.. many desire it.

PD: As usual, Tina doesn't disappoint me and delivers quite a bass performance, up there with her best. She's one of the best bass players of rock... period.