It Goes On
Navigating Life's Carousel: The Psychedelic Furs' 'It Goes On' Meaning
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You laugh at her in all the cars
Mocking her while in transit
She's easily confused
She's easily bewildered or uncertain
There isn't any wrong or right
No definitive right or wrong, no clear direction
Or up and down on you
No fixed orientation, confusion
There isn't any reason
No apparent justification
There isn't any sense
No apparent logic or meaning
Nothing else is happening
Nothing significant is occurring
This is where you are
Current state of existence
It goes on and then it rains
Life continues despite challenges (metaphorically represented by rain)
We run away
Escaping from difficulties
It goes on again
Life's cycle repeats
If you say no just one more time
Warning about consequences if denial persists
He's gonna trash your wife
Threatening behavior toward someone close
He has to have a lie to live
One needs falsehoods to sustain life
Or something to believe
The necessity for belief or conviction
He has a god
A belief system, possibly controlling
He calls it you
Imposing beliefs onto another
He has a highway too
He has control, a pathway to manipulate
Inside his head these wheels go round
Mental turmoil, thoughts spinning
He says that he loves you
Expressions of love, potentially manipulative
It goes on, and then it goes around again
Life's recurring patterns
It goes on again
Repetition of life's cycle
It goes on
Life continues despite challenges
It goes on, and then it goes
Continuation of life's journey
Around again
Life's cyclic nature
It goes on again
Repetition of life's cycle
You know this guy that lives downstairs
Introduction of another character and their lifestyle
There's parties all the time
Frequent social gatherings
Where they put on wigs and stuff
Adopting disguises to express true selves
So they can be themselves
Desire for authenticity
He calls you this
Using different names for you
He calls you that
Identity fluctuation
You lose your memory
Memory loss due to chaotic experiences
All this goes on all the time
Continuous chaos in life
So I don't go down there
Choosing to avoid chaos
It goes on, and then it rains again
Life's persistence despite challenges
It goes on again
Repetition of life's cycle
It goes on, and then it goes
Life's ongoing journey
Around again
Life's cyclic nature
It goes on again
Repetition of life's cycle
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