Whose thoughts are these anyway?
As promised, here are the lyrics to The Who's "905" by the late John Entwistle. I have found that I am constantly wondering where every thought and impression comes from now, and this song captures that feeling very well for me. Actually, it captures a lot of different feelings that seem to apply to me.
Mother was an incubator
Father was the contents
Of a test tube in the icebox
In the factory of birth.
My name is 905
And Ive just become alive
Im the newest populator
Of the planet we call Earth.
In suspended animation
My childhood passed me by
If I speak without emotion
Then you know the reason why.
Knowledge of the universe
Was fed into my mind
As my adolescent body
Left its puberty behind.
Everything I know is what I'm here to know
Everything I do s been done before
Evry sentence in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door.
Automatically defrosted
My manhood came on time
I became a man
I left the ICE school behind.
Now Im to begin
The life that Im assigned
A life thats been lived before
A thousand times.
I have a feeling deep inside
That something is missing
Theres a feeling in my soul
And I cant help wishing
That one day Ill discover
That were living a lie
And Ill tell the whole world
The reasons why.
Well til then, all I know is what I'm here to know
Everything I do s been done before
Every idea in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door.
Mother was an incubator
Father was the contents
Of a test tube in the icebox
In the factory of birth.
My name is 905
And Ive just become alive
Im the newest populator
Of the planet we call Earth.
In suspended animation
My childhood passed me by
If I speak without emotion
Then you know the reason why.
Knowledge of the universe
Was fed into my mind
As my adolescent body
Left its puberty behind.
Everything I know is what I'm here to know
Everything I do s been done before
Evry sentence in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door.
Automatically defrosted
My manhood came on time
I became a man
I left the ICE school behind.
Now Im to begin
The life that Im assigned
A life thats been lived before
A thousand times.
I have a feeling deep inside
That something is missing
Theres a feeling in my soul
And I cant help wishing
That one day Ill discover
That were living a lie
And Ill tell the whole world
The reasons why.
Well til then, all I know is what I'm here to know
Everything I do s been done before
Every idea in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door.
