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Tough to pick just one Talking Heads song to sit back and analyze on this forum, but I think this is the most relevant one. Born Under Punches from Remain in Light is a strange song really and Byrne starts the song with a scream. Some of the lyrics that really stand out to me are the first few: " Take a look at these hands, take a look at these hands, the hand speaks, the hands of a government man." Byrne tells us in a few songs that he's a "government man." Next it would seem he's trying to warn us of an impending doom or a reset: "Don't you miss it, don't you miss it. Some 'a you people just about missed it! Last time to make plans!
Well I'm a tumbler...I'm a Government Man.Never seen anything like that before. Falling bodies tumble 'cross the floor. Well I'm a tumbler!"
Ok so wtf is he trying to say by he's a tumbler. Is he mocking the dead here? "Falling bodies tumble "cross the floor. Well I'm a tumbler" The next verse that really catches my attention is when he tells us that" I'm not a drowning man! And I'm not a burning building! (I'm a tumbler!) Drowning cannot hurt a man!
Fire cannot hurt a man. (Not the Government Man.)" So here we have it, he's working on the inside of a reset and so he can't be hurt by a flood or fire. The song ends with the heat goes on and on and on and on quite a few times.
I could do at least three more Talking Heads songs that are relevant to this forum, but I want to keep it short for now. The other songs I would like to do are : "Warning Sign, Memories Can't Wait and Burning Down the House."I may add them to this thread in the next few days.
Well I'm a tumbler...I'm a Government Man.Never seen anything like that before. Falling bodies tumble 'cross the floor. Well I'm a tumbler!"
Ok so wtf is he trying to say by he's a tumbler. Is he mocking the dead here? "Falling bodies tumble "cross the floor. Well I'm a tumbler" The next verse that really catches my attention is when he tells us that" I'm not a drowning man! And I'm not a burning building! (I'm a tumbler!) Drowning cannot hurt a man!
Fire cannot hurt a man. (Not the Government Man.)" So here we have it, he's working on the inside of a reset and so he can't be hurt by a flood or fire. The song ends with the heat goes on and on and on and on quite a few times.
I could do at least three more Talking Heads songs that are relevant to this forum, but I want to keep it short for now. The other songs I would like to do are : "Warning Sign, Memories Can't Wait and Burning Down the House."I may add them to this thread in the next few days.
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