Song Description
A bleak musical meditation on a barren future, followed by a poetic and obscure scene with no people in it. Is there anything more heroic than being left behind?
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Poignant |
Subject |
Snow, Divorce |
| Similar Artists |
David Bowie, Neil Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
The marbled halls of statehood ring with laughter
and the escalator highways give free parking
Surrounding football stadiums and used carlots
They used to be so populous and free
But now that you?re gone there?s nobody to believe it
Kids go by on your skateboards I decide you have more fun than me
Oh but wait I don?t know can you get away that easy
Let us sink to the ground synchronise all our breathing
Make it slow close your eyes Make it fast so I recover
Wake me up shake me down Chipthe ice chunks fromy my headlamp
Look around hear a sound see if anyone is listening
Do the deed, leave me here, save yourself
After all it?s a long way to the future