Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Verse 1]Even through the darkest phaseBe it thick or thinAlways someone marches braveHere beneath my skin[Chorus]And constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been (Been)[Verse 2]Maybe a great magnet pullsAll souls towards truthOr maybe it is life itselfFeeds wisdom to its youth[Chorus]Constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been[Post-Chorus]CravingAh-ha, constant cravingHas always beenHas always been[Instrumental Break][Chorus]Constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been (Been)Constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been (Been)[Post-Chorus]CravingAh-ha, constant cravingHas always beenHas always beenHas always beenHas always beenHas always been

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(00:10) Introduction but no waffling like you get on some podcasts. You know the ones.

(01:28) Song title, writers' details, versions etc.

(02:06) To the lyrics. - grammar nazis and guacamole and M&Ms

(09:37) Cravings versus yearnings

(11:26) Downton Abbey

(11:53) A lament on consumerism

(12:28) Cravats, scones and cats

(17:18) Gone with the Wind

(17:55) Second verse. 90s optimism?

(22:26) Souls and magnetism and Plato

(24:12) Religious metaphors

(26:10) k.d. is a werewolf

(30:09) Artist's account

(32:28) The music video

(36:05) Other theories from the internet

(40:40) Misheard Lyrics

(44:27) Notable Trivia

(51:00) Farewells and ⁠⁠⁠give us money⁠⁠⁠

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