They Might Be Giants - 2082 lyrics

Draw the curtain, look, you're only sleeping
Or is this only what the
Other you is dreaming? Either way
Hard to take

Ashen features unmistakably your own
Familiar posture, recast in skin and bone
Person from today here is you in 2082

Remove your helmet
First equalize the pressure
No, but first, take readings to be sure
The atmosphere is safe yes, it's safe

As the ancient one cranes his neck to look
You see his hand's been replaced with a hook
But, it's clear you're very much alive
It's 2105

No, it's 2240 no, it's 3415
How can you still be living?
What does this mean?

You must honor and respect the older fellow
Even as you suffocate him with his pillow
Though you're strong he was wise

There is much you can learn from the sage
And though you'll leave and travel
Back to your own age
You will meet again, you two in 2082

What was the look he gave intended to convey?
Was there something else he
Was trying to say?
It will all be revealed to you in 2082