I never really thought that hard on the lyrics decades back, but after the remake got so popular it creeped me the fuck out and I had to verify that those really had always been the lyrics and the words hadn’t been subtly changed to reflect everything of today.
I’ve decided that Paul Simon must have invented a time machine, but when he went to check how awesome the future would be he looked around and ended up infected with clinical depression instead.
See also sound of silence.
“And the people bowed and prayed to the neon gods theyd made” and “People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening.”
I never really thought that hard on the lyrics decades back, but after the remake got so popular it creeped me the fuck out and I had to verify that those really had always been the lyrics and the words hadn’t been subtly changed to reflect everything of today.
I’ve decided that Paul Simon must have invented a time machine, but when he went to check how awesome the future would be he looked around and ended up infected with clinical depression instead.