Talking Heads December 13, 2019 by Jessica Shelton · Published December 13, 2019 · Last modified September 8, 2022 “Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads According to David Byrne’s own words, this song (“Once in a Lifetime”) is about how we, as people, tend to “operate half-awake or on autopilot”. Or perhaps a better way of explaining that statement is...