| User | Comment |
|---|
| ausfox |
Hope. Life is too short to waste. btw - I love this song |
| blondie20 |
Hope  This is one of my favorite songs. |
bill   |
I'm thinking "frustration", though mostly I just don't understand what she's trying to say. Are there more lyrics that put this line into context? ... ah, I found it myself: Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe… just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe |
I think she's just talking about making a mistake and no being able to go back and redo things. That's clearly not hope, but I wouldn't say despair either. Just, regret, I suppose. |
| Jody |
I think it's actually "Life's like an hourglass glued to the table". Not to pick nits or anything. |
Enheduanna  |
It sounds like despair to me, since you can't flip it over if it's stuck to the table. But really, I think I would want to hear it the context of the whole song to know whether it was intended this way. Perhaps there's some element of the simile that I'm missing. |
| CarlHalling | | posted 8-Mar-2007 10:51am |
I cannot make any sense of this line I have to confess, but it sounds vaguely pessimistic to these ears. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 8-Mar-2007 12:30pm |
This sounds like despair to me and the way life is most times |
| romkey |
The word "stuck" is rarely positive, so I'd say despair. But it's mostly a bad metaphor. |
cloudhugger  |
Sounds extremely frustrating...it's a song of frustration in being unable to move forward. |
| RGirl |
Despair and desperation. Don't you know that most would spend their last fleeting moments desperately trying to flip that thing over instead of living? |
Galomorro  |
Don't know. Don't understand this. |
LindaH   |
All we are is dust in the wind, dude. |
| hypersky | | posted 8-Mar-2007 10:18pm |
I sense despair here. The use of the word "stuck" is the biggest clue. It clearly indicates that the writer sees life as a stagnant condition, something that is not allowed to evolve. Take away the curvy, sexy images that "hourglass" conjures and what you have is "Life's stuck to the table." Not much joy and hope here, my friends...
P.S. I knew those Content Analysis classes would come in handy some day!  |
| caviartaste | | posted 8-Mar-2007 11:09pm |
Other: There are no do-overs...so make it count. |
| cabinfever |
Sounds like despair to me... is this some sort of personality test? |
| kirst |
I'd say "neither". I don't think it's about hope or despair. It's just a statement of fact. Once you're on this planet, your time is limited. |
| Jody | | (reply to LindaH) posted 9-Mar-2007 12:43pm |
"Like sands through an hourglass, so run the days of our lives." - Socrates |
| Cain |
It reads like despair to me. |
| RGirl | | (reply to Jody) posted 9-Mar-2007 6:24pm |
Hey, don't they say that at the beginning of a soap opera? |
| Maarten |
"Life sucks and then you die"
Beavis |
gambler   | | posted 10-Mar-2007 7:11pm |
Other............ You have 2mins before you overcook the eggs? |
| Gomezy3k | | posted 11-Mar-2007 5:04pm |
Life sucks and then time runs out and you die... |
| Jody | | (reply to RGirl) posted 12-Mar-2007 10:05am |
Actually, they do - "Days of Our Lives" - but they also use it as a humorous line in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". |
| mandy | | posted 14-Mar-2007 4:00pm |
Both...and just a fact |
| kitti723 | | posted 14-Mar-2007 5:04pm |
I find myself caring less and less about such things. I think there might be something wrong with me but I have no true concern about my health at this moment. |
| docgbrown | | posted 17-Mar-2007 12:26pm |
Clearly fatalism (despair) |
