The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Where's the air?
Where's the air?
Where's the, where's the, where's the air?
After car after bus after car after truck
After this my lungs will be so fucked up
I wish I was in that Mercedes Benz
Sealed away from my scents
I'd have the music high going ninety five
Too much too much too much too much
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Don't you care?
Don't you care?
Don't you, don't you, don't you care?
After car after bus after car after truck
After this my lungs will be so fucked up
I wish I wasn't just a pedestrian
Breathing all this in
I look up at that grey sky
It makes me want to (oh)
Too much too much too much
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear.
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Where's the air?
Where's the air?
Where's the, where's the, where's the air?
After car after bus after car after truck
After this my lungs will be so fucked up
I wish I was in that Mercedes Benz
Sealed away from my scents
I'd have the music high going ninety five
Too much too much too much too much
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear
Don't you care?
Don't you care?
Don't you, don't you, don't you care?
After car after bus after car after truck
After this my lungs will be so fucked up
I wish I wasn't just a pedestrian
Breathing all this in
I look up at that grey sky
It makes me want to (oh)
Too much too much too much
Too much carbon monoxide for me to bear.
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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It's not really about pollution. -_- When has cake ever been that easy, unless they were covering another song?
"I wish I was in that Mercedes-Benz Sealed away from my sins"
"I wish I wasn't just a pedestrian Breathing all this in"
I'm just taking a guess, but it seems to have something to do with the rich and the poor. Or maybe even how corrupt society is (the same thing as the pollution idea, but a little more general), and that he wishes he were rich and he didn't have to worry about the sins of humanity.
shrugs Maybe I'm over-analyzing it, but the sins line seems to lead me to believe that it isn't just about air pollution, even if that may be what inspired the song.
its about pollution, how we pollute the shit outta our world.. and his lungs are getting fucked up.. thats pretty much it..
its easy..
I wonder if his lungs are getting F***ed up with more than Carbon Monoxide? hmm That would explain some of the song lyrics.
Last time I saw Cake perform, John McCrea said that he wrote this song when he was waiting to catch a bus. Definately about pollution.
This song sounds like The Hippos. Too goofy for Cake, says i...
I've gotta agree with immortal, cake is never that obvious, their songs are always filled with subtle meanings.
Well, actually I was at a CAKE show and he pretty much said flat out that he wrote this song when he was waiting for a bus at a bus stop, then griped about public transportation in California, and said he was pretty surprised they even included it in the CD, so yeah, read into it all you want but it really is that simple.
Well, actually I was at a CAKE show and he pretty much said flat out that he wrote this song when he was waiting for a bus at a bus stop, then griped about public transportation in California, and said he was pretty surprised they even included it in the CD, so yeah, read into it all you want but it really is that simple.
Is the line really "Sealed away from my sins"? I thought it was "sense" as in sense of smell.
This song is pretty simple. And surprisingly uninspired as far as cake music goes. at least "up so close" had a good trumpet riff.