The chorus of the song, “We're on a road to nowhere, come on inside, taking that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride” further emphasizes the notion that life is a journey without any specific destination in mind. The next line “And we're not little children, and we know what we want” suggests that we are mature individuals who are capable of making choices for ourselves, while the line “And the future is certain, give us time to work it out” hints that we need time to figure things out. The opening lines, “Well we know where we're going, but we don't know where we've been, and we know what we're knowing, but we can't say what we've seen,” suggest that although we have an idea of where we are heading, we have no certainty of the path we have taken to get there. The lyrics to Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere” are about the journey of life without any specific destination.
Come along, take this ride cause it's alright! 9/10.But it's growing day by day and it's all rightīut they'll make a fool of you and it's all right And in some ways, it all began here with this Heads' video. Next thing we all know Peter Gabriel's clip for the album "So", the hit single "Sledgehammer" is completely made with dazzling effects after effects that was a true test for Gabriel and crew but the result astounded audiences then and now, yet to be surpassed in terms of quality and effort of the work (clips got better over the years but the innocent of its early developments are hard to wash away).
Johnson made a good experiment in using it here, it appears quite briefly but caused some impact. Trust me, there's a purpose behind all this.
And as usual with Heads and Johnson there's plenty of artful imagery and it's all to audiences to find a meaning to it or stop trying to find some sense: Jerry Harrison painted like a statue the choral folks singing the song's entrance and finale in the middle of a desert highway the old man who enters a box and later on becomes a baby and those claymation/stop motion effects on David Byrne whether with his chair moving with him or those animated effects on his background. And those amusing images flow in several ways, making us laugh or thinking too much - yes, there's a certain sadness to it even though the music and the rhythm make us feel light and at ease. I just love them, and the editing in their bits is just amazing.
Byrne/Johnson concept is to feeds us with the ways of life, the literal and figurative roads we follow through our lifetime, best exemplified in one great fast sequence: real-life couple/band members Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz playing the evolution of a loving couple, from the younger days, to marriage, then comes the child (another evolution) and ending with them growing old (dancing in a strange yet funny manner). Talking Heads presents us "Road to Nowhere", a fun-watching experience with some reflections on the way. Johnson, a year before those phenomenon Peter Gabriel clips. The pointlessness of it all with some meaning in between of that thing we call life is delightfully significant and artistically presented by David Byrne and Talking Heads troupe along with a certain director Stephen R.
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