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”
Late at night in summer heat
Expensive car and empty street
There's a wire in my jacket
For this is my trade
It only takes a moment, don't be afraid
I can hotwire an ignition like some kind of star
I'm just a poor boy in a rich man's car
Et le moteur s'allume enfin
Nos vies s'enlacent
And we drive into the night
Oh le cuir doux s'en mêle
Affole ton imagination
Je te vois déjà
Dans une autre situation
Tu es company director
Une vie de famille
J'ai ce feeling qu'il y a bien plus de choses à dire
There's some kind of complication
Il lui dit
He's alone
Spends the night with his lover
Il y a des traces
Of her cologne
Tous les mots de sa maîtresse
A l'oreille sans détour
Comme une chanson d'amour
Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my own
Les promesses d'un jour d'un soir, je les entends comme un psaume
I'm just a prisoner of love
Prisonnière de mes failles
Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Imagine ta femme
Sa vie glisse entre ses doigts
Il y a une règle, être chasseur ou bien la proie
Il lui dira "je rentre tard" ses affaires, partir à Rome
But there's more than a suspicion
In this lingering cologne
Et les enfants feront la tete
And she runs a traffic light
And she drives into the night
Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my own
Les promesses d'un jour d'un soir, je les entends comme un psaume
I'm just a prisoner of love
Prisonnière de mes failles
Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Expensive car and empty street
There's a wire in my jacket
For this is my trade
It only takes a moment, don't be afraid
I can hotwire an ignition like some kind of star
I'm just a poor boy in a rich man's car
Et le moteur s'allume enfin
Nos vies s'enlacent
And we drive into the night
Oh le cuir doux s'en mêle
Affole ton imagination
Je te vois déjà
Dans une autre situation
Tu es company director
Une vie de famille
J'ai ce feeling qu'il y a bien plus de choses à dire
There's some kind of complication
Il lui dit
He's alone
Spends the night with his lover
Il y a des traces
Of her cologne
Tous les mots de sa maîtresse
A l'oreille sans détour
Comme une chanson d'amour
Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my own
Les promesses d'un jour d'un soir, je les entends comme un psaume
I'm just a prisoner of love
Prisonnière de mes failles
Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Imagine ta femme
Sa vie glisse entre ses doigts
Il y a une règle, être chasseur ou bien la proie
Il lui dira "je rentre tard" ses affaires, partir à Rome
But there's more than a suspicion
In this lingering cologne
Et les enfants feront la tete
And she runs a traffic light
And she drives into the night
Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my own
Les promesses d'un jour d'un soir, je les entends comme un psaume
I'm just a prisoner of love
Prisonnière de mes failles
Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Please take me dancing tonight
Lyrics submitted by U2takemehigher, edited by songdyr
Stolen Car Lyrics as written by Mylene Farmer Gordon Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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sting says this song is about some kind of car thief that can sense the owner of the car and all about his/her life.
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Rapper Twista is featured on the current remix of Sting's latest single, "Stolen Car." MTV.com reports that the rapper was star-struck while recently shooting a video for the song. He said, "For one of the scenes he (Sting) was singing his part and I'm doing my part in the car next to him. It was real exciting to me. I'm sitting there like, 'Look where we came from. I'm doing this? This guy was in the Police. We're doing a record together.' It's off the chain."
The rapper also explained how he came up with his lyrics for the remix. He said, "I basically rewrote the lyrics for 'Stolen Car.' I described his same story about the young guy stealing the car and he's having visions about the guy whose car he stole. It turns out to be a businessman, and the rich businessman is doing a few things he shouldn't be doing."
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