Future Boy
Journey Across Time: Unveiling the Cosmic Message in Turin Brakes' 'Future Boy'
Lyrics
So future boy where are you from my time machine crashed over yonder
Asking the person (future boy) about their origin and mentioning a time machine crash.
Syphillis is a bitch but contracting HIV is much worse.
Comparing the challenges of syphilis and HIV, possibly reflecting on difficult aspects of life.
Why are you pushing info into me,
Questioning why the future boy is sharing information, expressing disinterest as they are from the stars.
I have no need for it, I'm from the stars.
Emphasizing the extraterrestrial origin of the speaker and lack of need for shared information.
I thought you'd like to know the scoop
Suggesting the speaker is sharing information (the scoop) despite the disinterest.
I'm taking babies back with me, yeah.
Indicating the speaker's intention to take babies back to their home from the current time.
I'm taking them back home
Reiterating the plan to take babies back home for a better life.
so they can see there's a much better place.
Expressing the belief that the speaker's home is a much better place for the babies.
I've got a sister with an open mind and my friends are all junkies
Sharing personal details about the speaker's sister and friends, noting the open-mindedness of the sister and the friends' struggles with addiction.
But there still my friends, as long as they don't use monkeys,
Affirming friendship despite the friends' struggles, with a condition against using monkeys, possibly a metaphor for harmful habits.
We enjoy the heat of stolen days in the summer of '93.
Recalling enjoyable moments in the summer of 1993 with stolen days and heat.
Well the future boy said I've got friends but you know sometimes
Quoting the future boy on the importance of friends, depending on their height relative to oneself.
it all depends on how tall they are against yourself.
Highlighting the dependency of friendship on the height of friends relative to the speaker.
I am the future boy
Asserting the speaker's identity as the future boy.
My friends have all gone and left me
Stating the departure of the speaker's friends, leading to the decision to revisit their own past as a baby.
so I decided to come here and see myself as a baby,
Explaining the speaker's intention to visit their own past as a baby.
but it looks like I? stuck here this time, oh shit,
Expressing surprise and frustration at being stuck in the current time, fearing the loss of friends.
I'm gonna miss my friends.
Anticipating the speaker's regret for leaving their friends behind in the future.
No your still the future boy,
Reassuring the future boy of their identity despite the current predicament.
Yes I'm still the future boy
Affirming the continued identity as the future boy despite the challenges.
We'll build you a time machine to get back home.
Offering to build a time machine to help the future boy return home.
Still the future boy?.
Persisting question about the identity of the future boy.
Well I'm still the future boy
Reiteration of the speaker's identity as the future boy.
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