I was in the car listening to Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell”
song from “The Wall.” Now I don’t
normally like to rip on Pink Floyd because I happen to like their lyrics. A lot of them are genius. Particularly the song from their “Dark Side
of the Moon” album:
All that you touch
And all that you
see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you
hate
All you distrust
All you save
And all that you
give
And all that you
deal
And all that you
buy
Beg, borrow or
steal
And all you create
And all you
destroy
And all that you
do
And all that you
say
And all that you
eat
And everyone you
meet
And all that you
slight
And everyone you
fight
And all that is
now
And all that is
gone
And all that's to
come
And everything
under the sun is in tune
But the sun is
eclipsed by the moon
Genius! They’re just
saying something obvious and nothing at all in a very clever way. The Beatles did that even earlier with “All
you Need is Love”. Check it out:
There's
nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sungNothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game It's easy Nothing you can make that can't be made No one you can save that can't be saved Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time It's easy
See how
they have stated the obvious in a genius clever way?

But wait,
I digressed. I was talking about the
“Run from Hell” song. It was playing on
my iPod so I could see the song displayed on the device I have rigged up in my
car to distract my attention from driving long enough to take out the bicyclist
in front of me. But there I digress
again.
The title
got me curious. Just how does Hell run,
anyway? I didn’t know they ran in
hell. I guess we have to assume you run
fast in hell. I mean, it’s hot as hell
and it being hell they must have to run fast.
But wouldn’t you just get in awesome shape running in hell under that
kind of heat? Perhaps it’s Hell because
they make you run fast but you never get any better, you just run and
suffer. Yeah, that must be it.
Clearly, I
over think things. Imagine if I could
just apply my thinking to something productive like ozone depletion or world
obesity levels. But until then you’re
going to have to keep slathering the sunscreen and eating the Twinkies.
2 comments:
I always though Hell was in perpetual motion, ergo no-one really runs it, it's just there, endlessly spinning. Kind of like upper management. Of course, an eternity of spinning has built up a lot of heat from the friction which is the real reason for all this "global warming" crap...
...and if they catch you in the backseat trying to pick her locks they're going to send you back to mother in a cardboard box, you better run, run, run....
subby - Hah! Upper management? Now that IS hell!!! And I would run from that....
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