talking heads song this is not my beautiful house
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song) This speaking style was also the basis for his approach of starting several consecutive lines with the same phrases "And you may find yourselfÂ ...", and with the chorus singing in part "letting the days go by, let the water hold me down," the song presents an existential mood to it. According to AllMusic critic Steve Huey, one of the main themes of the lyrics is "the drudgery of living life according to social expectations, and pursuing commonly accepted trophies (a large automobile, beautiful house, beautiful wife)."[5] Although the singer has these trophies, he begins to question whether they are real and how he got them.[6] This leads him to question further the reality of his very life, providing the existential element.[6]