EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS

I ride on a perfect freeway
Many people on that road
I heard the sound of someone laughing
I saw my neighbor’s car explode

Just up ahead
Against the sky
Quicker than you blink your eye

    Oh my brother, I still wonder, are you alright?
    And among the living, we are giving,
    all through the night

From the milk of human kindness
From the breast we all partake
Hungry for a social contract
She welcomes you with dark embrace

    (puts)
    socks and shoes
    Upon our feet
    Little fishes swim upstream

    Oh my brother, I still wonder, are you alright?
    In the deepest silence, gold and diamonds,
    all through the night

Everything that happens will happen today
& nothing has changed, but nothing’s the same
and ev’ry tomorrow could be yesterday
& and ev’rything that happens will happen today

ev’rything that happens will happen today
and nothing has changed but nothing’s the same
& ev’ry tomorrow could be yesterday
and ev’rything that happens could happen today

–lyrics from david byrne.com, written by david byrne & brian eno.

next track on the album is Life is Long, which also seems appropriate.