![]() ![]() 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.īilocational shamanism. 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. F F (hold) C The road to nowhere leads to me Solo 1 G F F C G F F Verse 2 C G F F Through all the happiness and sorrow Dm F C C I guess Id do it all again C G F F Live for today and not. The narrator is part and apart of the travelers's journey on the road to nowhere. The other voice takes the role of the traveler on the road. The narrator takes the skeptical, outsider approach of one who has the wisdom to see the folly of pursuit. 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." There are two voices in this song, almost doppelgangers. And we know what were knowing And were not little children. 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. Intro Well, we know where were going But we dont know where weve been. The plebes/proles endure a Sisyphean slog through life, straining towards some goal on the horizon that never materializes. out Yeah Were on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere. I realize the video is not the song, but the video makes it obvious. Road to Nowhere Lyrics by Talking Heads from the 101 Driving Songs album. The real "road to nowhere" is the domination and destruction of the planet by our species. But it's growing day by day and it's all rightīut they'll make a fool of you and it's all right
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