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The song is using driving as a metaphor and applying it to the problems within his relationship. The movie, Driven, used this song perfectly within the storyline. The song mentions how the singer has decided to stop driving because he cannot keep up with his opponent. He starts to go into the many details which causes a mortal to fail while driving -- take a Formula 1 or Indy car driver for example like the drivers in the movie. The song was used in the beginning of the movie. When Beau and his fiance are having and argument, Beau tells her that she is a distraction and the cause of his losses. Unfortunately, the DVD version of Driven doesn't have the same storyline of the theater release did in 2001 because it was cut from 2.5 hours down to about 1.5, so you can't see the rookie beating Beau in the first 3 or 4 races of the season. Anyways, the song also questions "God" when the singer is calling out to his opponent. He says, "tell me how am i, God," and he proceeds to tell God how he cannot keep up with him. God, in this metaphor, happens to be Sylvester Stallone's character, Joe Tanto, who was the former driver for the Rookie's team manager. Bert Reynold's may also be viewed as God, or any of the drivers for the matter of how this song applies the metaphor. Basically, the singer is saying that no matter what he does, he cannot keep up with his opponent, so all he can do is draft his opponent with the hope that he will not pull him into a wall and end his life; hence, God being the opponent, or the driver in the movie who is able to pick up quarters with a single, hot, rear tire and win every race in the rain, even without driving at full rev in order to make just enough traction to keep going (walk on water). Like I said, the theater version of the movie is the only real version of the movie, and I truly hope and wish that they re-release the unedited version because this song was one of the greatest introductions to the movie and really allowed the audience to be pulled into the storyline and wonder who God is. After I saw it in theaters, I took at as the singer saying that when "he" drives, he fails and nearly dies, but when "God" (the all-knowing) drives, it's not up to him whether or not he fails. The drafting is also being applied as a metaphor as if to say, "I can't keep up, so I'll just follow you. I'm not driving anymore. You are." |
