That's the start the middle and the end
Aren't you glad the universe pretend
If I don't get this message honed
Once again I'm gonna hate alone

Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me

Bored aloud ignore the right to be
Invite me down because we like to see
The colours through your loaded mind
Fuck the world and liberate our time

Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me

I'm not waiting alone
I'm not waiting alone

Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me


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Ride Lyrics as written by Shirley Walker Carmine Coppola

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    I could really see this song being about sex. Not that that was their intention but I could definitely see it.

    Like "That's the start, the middle, and the end/Aren't you glad the universe pretend" could be the feeling after not very satisfying sex. Like when the girl didn't 'achieve her goal' heh. And the second line could be like if it was from a one night stand, saying like, at least neither of us had anything really emotionally invested in that being anything special.

    "If I don't get this message home/Once again, I'm gonna hate alone" I think this part could be like someone saying, if that sex wasn't so great, if you didn't finish, it'll be one more time your laying there disappointed.

    Obviously "Ride with me" would be having sex. And then "Ride with me home" would refer to having some damn good sex where both parties are satisfied.

    "Bored aloud, ignore the right to be" Would be the girl faking it, even though she shouldn't. I'd think "Invite me down because we like to see/The colors through your loaded mind/Fuck the world and liberate our time" would be some sort of allusion to oral sex.

    And then finally I think "I'm not waiting a long life/I'm not waiting alone" would be like the person saying like, if you can't give me what I want, that is sex, when I want it, then I'll just find someone who can.

    I know that that is kind of a stretch but I always think of this song like that when I listen to it and I've spent a long time analyzing it for that.

    PtolemyKittyon January 14, 2007   Link

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