Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I'm an accident, I was moving way too fast
Couldn't stop though, so I made that moment last
I'm for rolling, I'm for tossing in my sleep
It's not guilt though, it's not the company I keep
People my age, they don't do the things I do
They go somewhere while I steal away to you
I've got my friends, and I've got my children too
I got your love, you've got my love too
I can't hear you, but I feel the things you say
I can't see you, but I see what's in my way
Now I'm floating, 'cause I'm not tied to the ground
Words I've spoken seem to leave a hollow sound
On the long plain, see the rider in the night
See the chieftain, see the braves in cool moonlight
Who will love them when they take another life?
Who will hold them when they tremble from the knife?
Voicemail numbers on an old computer screen
Rows of lovers, parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens echoing across the bay
To the old boats from the city far away
Homeless heroes walk the streets of their hometowns
Rows of zeros on a field that's turning brown
They play baseball, they play football under lights
They play card games and we watch them every night
Need distraction, need entertainment tonight
Need random violence, need the evidence
Need the evidence, want the testimony of
Expert witnesses on the brutal crimes of love
I was too tired to see the news when I got home
Pulled the curtain, fell into bed alone
Started dreaming, saw the rider once again
In the doorway, where she stood and watched for him
I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an Aerostar, I'm a Cutlass Supreme
In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow
Couldn't stop though, so I made that moment last
I'm for rolling, I'm for tossing in my sleep
It's not guilt though, it's not the company I keep
People my age, they don't do the things I do
They go somewhere while I steal away to you
I've got my friends, and I've got my children too
I got your love, you've got my love too
I can't hear you, but I feel the things you say
I can't see you, but I see what's in my way
Now I'm floating, 'cause I'm not tied to the ground
Words I've spoken seem to leave a hollow sound
On the long plain, see the rider in the night
See the chieftain, see the braves in cool moonlight
Who will love them when they take another life?
Who will hold them when they tremble from the knife?
Voicemail numbers on an old computer screen
Rows of lovers, parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens echoing across the bay
To the old boats from the city far away
Homeless heroes walk the streets of their hometowns
Rows of zeros on a field that's turning brown
They play baseball, they play football under lights
They play card games and we watch them every night
Need distraction, need entertainment tonight
Need random violence, need the evidence
Need the evidence, want the testimony of
Expert witnesses on the brutal crimes of love
I was too tired to see the news when I got home
Pulled the curtain, fell into bed alone
Started dreaming, saw the rider once again
In the doorway, where she stood and watched for him
I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an Aerostar, I'm a Cutlass Supreme
In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow
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i love this song.. it's one of the best i know.. probably cuz i've listened to it so often! the riffs and vocals really rock!
just dunno what it means.. some1 of u does?
NEIL YOUNG ROCKS! PJ ROCKS!
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Good Song, In the Top 5 songs off Mirrorball
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I like this verse most...maybe because it just doesn't need to be connected to the idea written above, but fits strangly for the idea of a split.
I can't hear you, but I feel the things you say I can't see you, but I know what's in my way Now I'm floatin' 'cause I'm not tied to the ground Words I've spoken seem to leave a hollow sound.
(And yeah, in the 8th verse it's "Pulled the curtain..." instead of "Puzzled the curtain")
The last verse of this song is awesome.