It's hard to believe this song was released 30 years ago. It seems like only... 20. It was named one of the top 100 American musical works of the 20th century by NPR; I don't know that I would agree with that, but it was also the 59th video ever aired on MTV. Here's a link to that list, which I didn't know existed until I found it two minutes ago.
The verses of the song consist of David Byrne speaking rather than singing... it is usually interpreted to be a song dealing with the midlife crisis and the inevitable sacrifice of youthful ideals and dreams for conventional success:You may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself
Where does that highway lead to?
You may ask yourself
Am I right?... Am I wrong?
You may say to yourself
My God!... what have I done?
Full lyrics here. And the original MTV video is here.
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