This alternative set of lyrics looks at the meaning (from my perspective) of a song and, by outlining the opposing sentiment (from my perspective), highlights the actual intent (from my perspective).
I wrote this "Lame-ric" (like a limerick and a lyric but then not) for Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, tonight" (Tonight, tonight music video). I faintly heard this familiar song playing in the other room and couldn't escape the repeating tune in my head. I kept replaying it over and over and over. I wanted to interact with it in some way but didn't know how. Then, in the shower, maybe one of the many drops also contained inspiration for the means. I followed up and the more I learned the lyrics the more drawn in I felt. The last few years have made carpe diem more immediate for me and made me particularly ripe for this song because of it.
The song's video looks like Tim Burton directed "Nosferatu." Fitting for nearly-Halloween. The video also provides access to the original work. The song itself promotes seizing the day (or seizing that night). And while the song lyrics do dismiss the excuse of the status quo, they do not say:
Long
You have so very long
Every choice that you make
Means so little in a life
Makes no difference at all
You’re who you always were
You know what’s not really you
Don’t trust
Don’t trust unless you see
Don’t trust
Don’t
try a new approach
or drive in a new lane
We are just who we are
Al-way-s, always
Always
Clouds
Al-way-s, always
And you mostly never can
And you still can’t this time too
A look at the very base of you
Shows you are always the same
In the same place that you’ve always been
Since the day you arrived
Don’t trust
Don’t trust unless you see
Don't trust
Don’t trust
Just one thing can't change a whole life
If you think this will mean anything
Al-way-s, always
Always
Clouds
Al-ways, always
You’ll be exactly the same you were, always, always
Doesn’t matter what you say, doesn't matter the way, always, always
Tomorrow it’s still you that meets the day, always
Just another picture in the series, always, always
Things are still the same in the end, always, always
We both know who we both are,
Always
Always, always
Always, always