Ah, the 80s. The decade when everyone was high on imagination, synths, and existential dreadβbut in a sparkly, childlike way. It was the cultural equivalent of giving a bunch of emotionally unstable dungeon masters a blank check, two fog machines, and a dragon puppet, and saying: βGo nuts.β And they did.
The Never Ending Story is basically a cinematic Neville lecture disguised as a childrenβs movie.
Turn around / Look at what you see
Translation:
Observe your state. Awareness first.
The 80s loved a good mystical command to self-reflect, delivered with the gravitas of a wind machine and eyeliner.
In her face / The mirror of your dreams
They were literally saying:
βYour reality is your reflection.β
Neville ππ½ππ½ππ½
Make believe Iβm everywhere / Hidden in the lines
The subconscious says hello. Everywhere. Everything. All at once.
Like an LSD trip but with shoulder pads.
Written on the pages / Is the answer to a never ending story
Pages = assumptions / scripts / states. Rewrite the script β rewrite the world.
The whole song is basically telling eight-year-olds: βYou are the author of reality.β
But with a flying luck dragon (or yes, the world really does revolve around you!).
Reach the stars / Fly a fantasy
Manifestation assignment disguised as an adventure sequence. You are supposed to FEEL the future-self state so hard you aerial dogfight on Falcor.
Dream a dream / And what you see will be
Neville again. Pure βFeeling is the secretβ energy. But with synth strings and magical glitter smoke.
Rhymes that keep their secrets / Will unfold behind the clouds
Interpretation: Subconscious impressions become visible when the old fog (old state) clears.
The 80s truly believed that mysticism could be accessed through rhyme and hairspray. And honestlyβ¦how were they wrong?
And there upon the rainbow / Is the answer to a never ending story
Rainbow = bridge of incidents.
The montage of events leading from your old state to your new one. It is Neville wrapped in a Lisa Frank sticker.
So what was going on in the 80s?
Quite simply:
Everyone was manifesting without calling it manifestation.
Just add:
β’ synthesisers
β’ mythic creatures
β’ a dash (or the whole stash) of cocaine
β’ two existential crises
β’ neon lights
β’ puppetry that should NOT have been that emotional
β’ and the unshakeable belief that dreams = reality
The 80s were a decade-long imaginal act. They created worlds with sincerity instead of irony. And that sincerity is why it still hits.
