This song is pure sarcasm like a lot of Talking Heads songs. He is making fun of the common idea of Heaven. A place where you live forever and do your favorite things all day long, every day, for eternity. The sarcasm makes us question whether living forever would actually be a reward or if living forever would be torture. David suggests it would be torture or pure boredom and that the promises of Heaven are flawed in the first place. He is telling us that Heaven is an illusion we have created to try and add meaning to our lives but true meaning comes from having a finite existence. If I had to give this song a subtitle it would be "Eternal life isn't quite what it's cracked up to be." (Still sarcastic because he doesn't believe in eternal life in the first place.)
Sure sounds like that's what he saying. Very different from the way I think of heaven, there is no way to be bored. The beauty around is like nothing we've ever seen...They worship, sing, eat, drink, help answer prayers and feel better than is ever possible in this world.
Sure sounds like that's what he saying. Very different from the way I think of heaven, there is no way to be bored. The beauty around is like nothing we've ever seen...They worship, sing, eat, drink, help answer prayers and feel better than is ever possible in this world.
@lmoso It's true that living forever may be confusing in our minds and David Byrne catches the feeling in this great tune, but on the other hand, it's hard to think there is nothing after life and some people live just 20, 30, 40 years... Or even die before being born... Difficult matter.
@lmoso It's true that living forever may be confusing in our minds and David Byrne catches the feeling in this great tune, but on the other hand, it's hard to think there is nothing after life and some people live just 20, 30, 40 years... Or even die before being born... Difficult matter.
This song is pure sarcasm like a lot of Talking Heads songs. He is making fun of the common idea of Heaven. A place where you live forever and do your favorite things all day long, every day, for eternity. The sarcasm makes us question whether living forever would actually be a reward or if living forever would be torture. David suggests it would be torture or pure boredom and that the promises of Heaven are flawed in the first place. He is telling us that Heaven is an illusion we have created to try and add meaning to our lives but true meaning comes from having a finite existence. If I had to give this song a subtitle it would be "Eternal life isn't quite what it's cracked up to be." (Still sarcastic because he doesn't believe in eternal life in the first place.)
Sure sounds like that's what he saying. Very different from the way I think of heaven, there is no way to be bored. The beauty around is like nothing we've ever seen...They worship, sing, eat, drink, help answer prayers and feel better than is ever possible in this world.
Sure sounds like that's what he saying. Very different from the way I think of heaven, there is no way to be bored. The beauty around is like nothing we've ever seen...They worship, sing, eat, drink, help answer prayers and feel better than is ever possible in this world.
@lmoso It's true that living forever may be confusing in our minds and David Byrne catches the feeling in this great tune, but on the other hand, it's hard to think there is nothing after life and some people live just 20, 30, 40 years... Or even die before being born... Difficult matter.
@lmoso It's true that living forever may be confusing in our minds and David Byrne catches the feeling in this great tune, but on the other hand, it's hard to think there is nothing after life and some people live just 20, 30, 40 years... Or even die before being born... Difficult matter.