Yeah, comical how people are like "but the atomic bomb thing fits so well!" No, it doesn't.
Let's analyze it line by line:
Outside there's a box car waiting - hobos travel by train in boxcars
Outside the family stew - hobos eat at soup kitchens
Out by the fire breathing - hobos stand out by burning trashcans to warm themselves
Outside we wait 'til face turns blue - hobos are homeless, they are outside by the fire freezing and when you're freezing, your face turns blue
There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long - hobos' entire lives could be seen as "waiting"... you're waiting for something, anything, whatever just to survive until finally you're just waiting for death
Here comes your man - a reference to the Velvet Underground song about waiting for your man to give you your fix. The earthquake is "the man" these people who've been waiting their whole lives for (death).
I know the nervous walking - hobos are nervous
I know the dirty beard hangs - hobos have dirty long beards
Out by the box car waiting - just waiting for death
Take me away to nowhere plains - death
There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man ...
@KnowerOfThings Ι αμ νοτ ςαιτινγ "φορ" μυ μαν V Σο Στθπιδ βθτ φορ μυ λιφετιμεαρτη...ςαιτινγ φορ υοθρ δεατη το λιωελοωε τραωελ ωερυ μθψη, ι μεαν τιλλ υοθ αρε α νοτηινγ, τιλλ υοθ βεψομε ονε ςιτη εαρτη, τιλλ υοθ δον'τ ψαρε νοτηινγ ελσε ... βθτ κνοςινγ ανδ εμβραψε πεοπλε λικε α δθστ ιν τηε ςινδ (I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
@KnowerOfThings Ι αμ νοτ ςαιτινγ "φορ" μυ μαν V Σο Στθπιδ βθτ φορ μυ λιφετιμεαρτη...ςαιτινγ φορ υοθρ δεατη το λιωελοωε τραωελ ωερυ μθψη, ι μεαν τιλλ υοθ αρε α νοτηινγ, τιλλ υοθ βεψομε ονε ςιτη εαρτη, τιλλ υοθ δον'τ ψαρε νοτηινγ ελσε ... βθτ κνοςινγ ανδ εμβραψε πεοπλε λικε α δθστ ιν τηε ςινδ (I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
everything is dust in the wind youtube.com/watch )
Yeah, comical how people are like "but the atomic bomb thing fits so well!" No, it doesn't.
Let's analyze it line by line:
Outside there's a box car waiting - hobos travel by train in boxcars Outside the family stew - hobos eat at soup kitchens Out by the fire breathing - hobos stand out by burning trashcans to warm themselves Outside we wait 'til face turns blue - hobos are homeless, they are outside by the fire freezing and when you're freezing, your face turns blue There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long - hobos' entire lives could be seen as "waiting"... you're waiting for something, anything, whatever just to survive until finally you're just waiting for death
Here comes your man - a reference to the Velvet Underground song about waiting for your man to give you your fix. The earthquake is "the man" these people who've been waiting their whole lives for (death).
I know the nervous walking - hobos are nervous I know the dirty beard hangs - hobos have dirty long beards Out by the box car waiting - just waiting for death Take me away to nowhere plains - death
There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man ...
(makes perfect sense now, doesn't it?)
@KnowerOfThings Ι αμ νοτ ςαιτινγ "φορ" μυ μαν V Σο Στθπιδ βθτ φορ μυ λιφετιμεαρτη...ςαιτινγ φορ υοθρ δεατη το λιωελοωε τραωελ ωερυ μθψη, ι μεαν τιλλ υοθ αρε α νοτηινγ, τιλλ υοθ βεψομε ονε ςιτη εαρτη, τιλλ υοθ δον'τ ψαρε νοτηινγ ελσε ... βθτ κνοςινγ ανδ εμβραψε πεοπλε λικε α δθστ ιν τηε ςινδ (I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
@KnowerOfThings Ι αμ νοτ ςαιτινγ "φορ" μυ μαν V Σο Στθπιδ βθτ φορ μυ λιφετιμεαρτη...ςαιτινγ φορ υοθρ δεατη το λιωελοωε τραωελ ωερυ μθψη, ι μεαν τιλλ υοθ αρε α νοτηινγ, τιλλ υοθ βεψομε ονε ςιτη εαρτη, τιλλ υοθ δον'τ ψαρε νοτηινγ ελσε ... βθτ κνοςινγ ανδ εμβραψε πεοπλε λικε α δθστ ιν τηε ςινδ (I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind Dust in the wind everything is dust in the wind youtube.com/watch )
@KnowerOfThings Not at all - it might to you, but not for me
@KnowerOfThings Not at all - it might to you, but not for me
'You may tell yourself: this is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife - same as it ever was'
'You may tell yourself: this is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife - same as it ever was'