The real "road to nowhere" is the domination and destruction of the planet by our species. I realize the video is not the song, but the video makes it obvious. Picture a globe dripping with blood.
The plebes/proles endure a Sisyphean slog through life, straining towards some goal on the horizon that never materializes. Misery loves company, and all of us on the road to nowhere invite others to join us, and we assimilate them into our pointless, miserable journey that ends in death and nothingness.
There are two voices in this song, almost doppelgangers. One at the beginning and end, the voice of the narrator, and another in the middle, the voice of those on the road to nowhere, those who believe that "We're on the road to paradise."
The narrator takes the skeptical, outsider approach of one who has the wisdom to see the folly of pursuit. The other voice takes the role of the traveler on the road.
The narrator is part and apart of the travelers's journey on the road to nowhere. He can envision a different path, or a non-path, a movement off the road: "There's a city in my mind, come along and take that ride." He is one of them and not at the same time. He longs not to be part of this world and its unquenchable desires, but realizes he is also human and part of the collective insanity.
Bilocational shamanism. That's what the song is really about. And Zen Buddhism.
The real "road to nowhere" is the domination and destruction of the planet by our species. I realize the video is not the song, but the video makes it obvious. Picture a globe dripping with blood.
The plebes/proles endure a Sisyphean slog through life, straining towards some goal on the horizon that never materializes. Misery loves company, and all of us on the road to nowhere invite others to join us, and we assimilate them into our pointless, miserable journey that ends in death and nothingness.
There are two voices in this song, almost doppelgangers. One at the beginning and end, the voice of the narrator, and another in the middle, the voice of those on the road to nowhere, those who believe that "We're on the road to paradise."
The narrator takes the skeptical, outsider approach of one who has the wisdom to see the folly of pursuit. The other voice takes the role of the traveler on the road.
The narrator is part and apart of the travelers's journey on the road to nowhere. He can envision a different path, or a non-path, a movement off the road: "There's a city in my mind, come along and take that ride." He is one of them and not at the same time. He longs not to be part of this world and its unquenchable desires, but realizes he is also human and part of the collective insanity.
Bilocational shamanism. That's what the song is really about. And Zen Buddhism.