The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
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All We Have Is Now /Album Version
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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Who's from the future
But logic broke as he appeared he spoke
About the Future
"We're not gonna make it" He explained how
The end will come, you and me were never meant
To be part of the future,
All we have is now,
All we have is now
All we'll ever have is now
I noticed that he had a watch and hat
That looked familiar
He was me, from a dimension torn free
Of the future
"We're not gonna make it" He explained how
The end will come, you and me were never meant
To be part of the future,
All we have is now,
All we've ever had was now
All we have is now
All we'll ever have is now
All we have is now
The lyrics of "All We Have Is Now" by The Flaming Lips talks about the idea that time is not linear and the future is not set in stone. The singer meets a man who claims to be from the future and explains that the end will come, and that the singer and he were never meant to be part of the future. This suggests that the future is a predetermined path that cannot be altered.
The singer notices that the man from the future has a watch and hat that look familiar and realizes that the man is actually a version of himself from a different dimension. The man reiterates that the end is coming and that all they have is now. The repetition of the phrase "All we have is now" suggests that the present moment is all that truly matters because the future is unpredictable and out of our control.
The Flaming Lips use this song to emphasize the importance of living in the present moment and enjoying life while we can. The concept of alternate dimensions also implies that there could be multiple versions of ourselves living different paths in different dimensions.
Line by Line Meaning
As logic stands you couldn't meet a man Who's from the future
It is impossible to meet someone who is from the future based on our current understanding of logic.
But logic broke as he appeared he spoke About the Future
Despite the previous assertion, the man from the future appears and begins speaking about predictions and events related to the future.
"We're not gonna make it" He explained how The end will come, you and me were never meant To be part of the future,
The man from the future predicts that humanity will not survive in the long-term and that present-day individuals were never intended to be part of the distant future that he knows.
All we have is now, All we've ever had was now, All we have is now, All we'll ever have is now
The only real, tangible existence is the present moment, and it has always been this way and will continue to be this way forever.
I noticed that he had a watch and hat That looked familiar
Upon closer inspection, the man from the future appears to resemble or be a version of the artist himself.
He was me, from a dimension torn free Of the future
The man from the future is actually a version of the singer himself that has traveled from a separate dimension, free from the constraints and limitations of the future.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: STEVEN DROZD, WAYNE COYNE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
goyo zurita
Como la lógica establece tu no puedes conocer a un hombre que venga del futuro..
Pero la lógica se rompió Cúando el se me apareció y me dijo algo sobre el futuro..
"No lo vamos a lograr"
El me explico como es que todo va a terminar
Tu y yo nunca fuimos destinados a ser
Parte del futuro
Todo lo que tenemos es ahora
Todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora
Todo lo que tenemos es ahora
Todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora
Note que tenía un reloj y un sombrero
Me parecieron familiar
El era yo desde otra dimensión libre del futuro
No lo lograremos, me explico como llegaria el final
Tu y yo jamas fuimos destinados a ser parte del futuro todo lo que tenemos es el ahora, todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora, todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora, todo lo que tenemos es Ahora...
Rafael Camargo Urango
Love how this comes after "Do You Realize", it's like two songs in one, such existential anthems.
a non-offensive pseudonym
Love listening to lips on decent headphones, makes u realise how truly layered their music is. I’m discovering sounds on this track that I’ve never heard before and I’ve known about it for almost a decade
a non-offensive pseudonym
I mean it probably speaks volumes about the audio quality of my stereo system haha but anyway
Richard Brewer
A beautiful, lush track with a so true lyric. Time is the subsequent, continuous passing of now, which is all we ever have.
Testtube Accident
Love the verses on this, sumptuously gorgeous
Dall
Wow Kermit is a amazing vocalist
JJSMJ
Weird, the algorithm suggests this because on my trip the other day, we were saying we're only here to help mankind to get to a future point we'll never experience. We do our part and disappear, the final number is uncountable for us.
Kate Setterlund
Yes our time here is to evolve spiritually and to ascend to a higher level of consciousness. Throughout our own journey we also assist humanity in ascending the planet to a higher dimension. It is likely that we will incarnate to this world again which will be the future that we helped to create. So we actually do get the opportunity to see the fruits of our labor. The only down side is that our memories are removed from our conscious thought. They remain in the akashic records, the keeper of universal knowledge. I believe that at a certain level of consciousness we r able to access these records.
Interstellar Overdriven
The David Fridmann production is stellar here. Sumptuous psychedelia abounds.
goyo zurita
Como la lógica establece tu no puedes conocer a un hombre que venga del futuro..
Pero la lógica se rompió Cúando el se me apareció y me dijo algo sobre el futuro..
"No lo vamos a lograr"
El me explico como es que todo va a terminar
Tu y yo nunca fuimos destinados a ser
Parte del futuro
Todo lo que tenemos es ahora
Todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora
Todo lo que tenemos es ahora
Todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora
Note que tenía un reloj y un sombrero
Me parecieron familiar
El era yo desde otra dimensión libre del futuro
No lo lograremos, me explico como llegaria el final
Tu y yo jamas fuimos destinados a ser parte del futuro todo lo que tenemos es el ahora, todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora, todo lo que hemos tenido es el ahora, todo lo que tenemos es Ahora...