What does "I've been in this life longer than the other" mean? Here's an extract from the film King Arthur. Arthur's knights are going back to their quarters talking about what they will do when they receive their discharge papers. I wonder if the sentence "I've been in this life longer than the other" has the same meaning as "I'm the oldest" or it means I've served the Roman army more than anybody else? Why don't you just kill him, and then discharge yourself after? I don't kill for pleasure, unlike some. Well, you should try it someday. You might get a taste for it. - It's a part of you. It's in your blood. - No, no, no. No. As of tomorrow this was all just a bad memory. Ohh. I've often thought about what going home would mean after all this. What will I do? It's different for Galahad. I've been in this life longer than the other. So much for home. It's not so clear in my memory.