road to nowhere

talking heads'ın muhteşem bir klip çektiği *, çok sevdiğim bir şarkıdır. özellikle bir çiftin tanışması, evlenmesi, çocuklarının olması, büyümesi ve onları terketmesi ne kadar da hoş anlatılmış.

amerikan rüyası görmeye gidenlerin hikayesi bu. umduğu şeyi orada bulamayanların hikayesine dönüşecek bir hikaye desek, daha yerinde olacak sanırım, diyelim o zaman. bu; umduğunu bulamayıp, bulduğuna kanaat edenlerin ve iç geçirmekten başka yapacak bir şeyi olmayanların hikayesidir. ritmik olduğuna bakmayın, hüzünlüdür. hüznün hikayesidir.

bunlar da sözler:

WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOIN
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KNOWIN'
BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN
AND WE'RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN
GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT

We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride

Feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there

We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right, baby, it's all right

And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

Would you like to come along
and you could help me sing this song?
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby, it's all right..

klip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPQcnjlwtE4