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.
The day that we
Took out a car in the rain
Is the day you forgot how to
Brake and see
How quickly the picture will change
Filled with fingers and voices and teeth
I still remember holding my hand
Against your face just before it was sprayed
Across the radio
As it played
And you and me
Are still but the scenery moves
Well why would it stop just 'cause
Suddenly
There's one where there used to be two
And everything's quiet but yo
Looks like the speaker lived through the blow
Still playing some compilation you made
Feels like a lifetime sitting alone
So I start humming along to the tape
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
Or m.i.a.
And I am thinking
How many hours till I'm home
How long do I stay in this place
Who's going to wash all the blood from my clothes
Who's gonna cancel my date
Who's gonna cancel my date
And I think
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
And I think
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
Or m.i.a.
And the day that we
Took out a car in the wet
I thought to myself that the sky was blue
As I've ever seen it but yet
Still tinted with red
Took out a car in the rain
Is the day you forgot how to
Brake and see
How quickly the picture will change
Filled with fingers and voices and teeth
I still remember holding my hand
Against your face just before it was sprayed
Across the radio
As it played
And you and me
Are still but the scenery moves
Well why would it stop just 'cause
Suddenly
There's one where there used to be two
And everything's quiet but yo
Looks like the speaker lived through the blow
Still playing some compilation you made
Feels like a lifetime sitting alone
So I start humming along to the tape
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
Or m.i.a.
And I am thinking
How many hours till I'm home
How long do I stay in this place
Who's going to wash all the blood from my clothes
Who's gonna cancel my date
Who's gonna cancel my date
And I think
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
And I think
I always liked this singer
I remember how you were the one who told me that her name
Was either mia
Or m.i.a.
And the day that we
Took out a car in the wet
I thought to myself that the sky was blue
As I've ever seen it but yet
Still tinted with red
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I love this song, Emmy's going to be big this year methinks. And jonny, the "matter-of-factness" I think is trying to show the shock of how you would sometimes feel in this situation. it's not that she doesn't care at all that this person is dead, but at the time i think it happens that people just can't deal with thinking about what just happened, so they do just focus on something else. The bit that gets me is all the imagery, like the bit 'filled with fingers and voices and teeth' - clearly this other person was completely destroyed. And the bit where the sky is "tinted with red" - that's got to be blood sprayed on the windscreen. i can just imagine it, there's this mangled corpse and emmy's just staring at the sky and listening to MIA.