TALKING HEADS

- Lifetime Piling Up Lyrics

I have tried marijuana
I get nervous every time
There will come a knockin' at the door
Why is everybody makin' eyes at me?
I don't want to know
Excuse and pardon me
Stay for a while
Maybe we'll never
meet again

I can see my lifetime piling up
I can see the days turn into nights
I can see the people on the street
Open those windows up
A hundred floors below me
Pilin' those houses up
Pilin' them higher, higher, higher
I can feel them swayin' back and forth
Building it higher, higher
This tower's learning over

I got bad coordination
Stuck a pencil in my eye
I can hardly wait to get back home
Why is everybody gettin' paranoid?
I's only havin' fun
Scum-bags and superstars
Tell me your names
I'll make a bet, you're
both the same

I can see my lifetime pilin' up
Reaching from my bedroom to the stars
I can see the house where I was born
When I was growin' up - they say that
I could never keep my trousers up
I remember days and crazy nights
Are there any pirates on this ship?
And if they sober up - they'll have us
Home by morning

Cry, cry, cry
It's just you and I
Like an automobile
with no one at the wheel
Spinning out of control
We're all over the road
In our sexy machine
All the passengers scream
Scream, scream!

I can see my lifetime pilin' up
I can see it smashin' into yours
It was not an accident at all
Open your window up - I hear you laughin'

Goin' one, two, three, four, five
Goin' from the bottom to the top
Maybe I'm holding on too tight
And now I'm growin' up
I got a funny feeling
Pilin' those houses up
Pilin' them higher, higher, higher
Building that highway to the stars
And turning the music up - Hey!
I got a winning number

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Who wrote Lifetime Piling Up lyrics?


Lifetime Piling Up is written by David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison.
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When was Lifetime Piling Up released?


It is first released in 1992 as part of Talking Heads's album "Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand In the Vaseline" which includes 33 tracks in total. This song is the 31st track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Lifetime Piling Up lyrics?


When we take a closer look to the meaning, 'Lifetime Piling Up' by Talking Heads reflects on the chaotic and overwhelming nature of life, using metaphors like a piling lifetime and a spinning automobile to convey a sense of disarray and the unpredictable journey of existence. The song lyrics of Lifetime piling up show multiple themes which include self-reflection and freedom and adventurous spirit and feelings of anxiety and creative inspiration. The song establishes paranoia and anxiety as essential elements which people experience during their existence because they create chaos with their unpredictable nature while people use escapism and fantasy to achieve equality with others. The lyrics contain references to drug use ('I have tried marijuana') and some suggestive language ('sexy machine'). The combination of these elements with the song's main theme leads to a PG-13 rating which requires parents to assess the content before they permit their children to hear it.
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Which genre is Lifetime Piling Up?


Lifetime Piling Up falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song Lifetime Piling Up?


Lifetime Piling Up song length is 3 minutes and 53 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
Record Label(s): 1992 Sire Records, manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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