Dust Kids
Eternal Rebirth: Exploring Life's Mysteries in Andy Shauf's 'Dust Kids'
Lyrics
Charlie asks me if I believe in reincarnation
Charlie initiates a conversation about reincarnation.
I say, "No, but please go on"
The speaker expresses willingness to listen further.
He says, "I was reading about these kids
Charlie discusses young children recalling past lives.
They're like two years old, recalling their past lives
Details about toddlers remembering their previous existence.
Could you imagine if that was your kid?"
Charlie contemplates the impact on parents if their child had such memories.
Rose asks if we want another, I say, "I'll take another life"
The speaker, Rose, humorously expresses a desire for another life, not necessarily a child.
"Do they say what happens in between?"
Charlie queries about what happens between lives.
He says, "Some talk about heaven and watching from up above"
Charlie mentions some beliefs about heaven and observation from above.
And I imagine sitting on that shelf
The speaker imagines being a passive observer, possibly in an afterlife.
Watching over you, just waiting to be someone else
The idea of watching over someone and waiting to be reborn is contemplated.
If I died and you died too
A hypothetical scenario where both the speaker and another person have died, pondering the possibility of choosing to be together in an afterlife.
Could we sit up in heaven and choose to live on together?
Exploring the concept of mutual choice to continue living in heaven after death.
They say after you die you start drifting skyward and it reminds me of a dream I had
Reflection on the post-death experience of drifting skyward, triggered by discussions about heaven.
Where I was shot in a shopping mall
A personal dream involving being shot and rising, possibly reflecting on mortality.
I died and started rising until I dove headfirst into the ground
The dream takes a darker turn as the speaker descends headfirst into the ground after death in the dream.
I woke up and told Judy, she started laughing at me
Sharing the dream with Judy, who laughs at the absurdity of the dream.
Just laughing in the morning light
Judy's reaction, laughing in the morning light, suggests a light-hearted response to the serious topic of death.
Maybe hell is coming back
An abstract thought that returning to life may be a form of hell.
As the dust that you sweep off the floor forevermore
A metaphorical idea that returning as dust, a mundane and eternal form, could be a form of perpetual existence or punishment.
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