This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Woh everything I do I do for you
Ow
Oh yeah
We touch and you're afraid of me
And we burn and now I'm at your feet
High speed, but you know you're in safe hands
Oh, in the dark we make a brighter light
From one spark to the horizon wide
We trust, and together we tame the land, yeah
Oh you'd be forgiven if you think you're dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true, yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Oh, come on babe
Oh well it's tough to make a journey through
The right stuff is dead ahead of you and me
And you know we still got time
Whoo, hold on tight to the driving wheel
This ride is really out of line
Raw deal, but there's no other that's worth a dime
You know I love you but you drive me crazy
'Cause you're saying all the things I want to say to you
(You say) everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do, oh yeah, everything we do
Everything we do, everything we do
Everything we do is driven by you
Inner children lost their way
Now they know the price you pay
I'm holding on to life with you
'Cause life without you just won't do
Driven by you
Ah, you know we're never gonna know who's dreaming
But we're working night and day to make the dream come true yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do, everything we do, everything we do
Yeah everything we do, everything we do, yeah everything we do
Everything we do, everything we do, everything we do
Is driven by, driven by, driven by you
Yeah
Oh everything I do, I do for you
Ow
Oh yeah
We touch and you're afraid of me
And we burn and now I'm at your feet
High speed, but you know you're in safe hands
Oh, in the dark we make a brighter light
From one spark to the horizon wide
We trust, and together we tame the land, yeah
Oh you'd be forgiven if you think you're dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true, yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Oh, come on babe
Oh well it's tough to make a journey through
The right stuff is dead ahead of you and me
And you know we still got time
Whoo, hold on tight to the driving wheel
This ride is really out of line
Raw deal, but there's no other that's worth a dime
You know I love you but you drive me crazy
'Cause you're saying all the things I want to say to you
(You say) everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do, oh yeah, everything we do
Everything we do, everything we do
Everything we do is driven by you
Inner children lost their way
Now they know the price you pay
I'm holding on to life with you
'Cause life without you just won't do
Driven by you
Ah, you know we're never gonna know who's dreaming
But we're working night and day to make the dream come true yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do, everything we do, everything we do
Yeah everything we do, everything we do, yeah everything we do
Everything we do, everything we do, everything we do
Is driven by, driven by, driven by you
Yeah
Oh everything I do, I do for you
Lyrics submitted by mercury_girl86
Driven By You Lyrics as written by Brian May
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is SUCH a good song!!!
Come on why isn't anyone else commenting on this song?Admit it - it rocks!
Ok, so you're sat by a pool during a rare break from your day job. Someone suggests that you might like to consider writing a jingle for a new Ford advert. You give it a little thought, and produce this song. Mr May, sir, you are a genius.
great song...i was thinking it could possibly be for his wife...anyone else think he coulda done much better than her? (no offence Brian)
Which wife are you talking about, then? The first or the current?
Hey-- it's all about the love, not how well you can do.
all i know is he n anita must have fights over the hair spray in the mornins lol. do love this song very muchli, its about dangerous love being worth it, ie. his n anitas affair xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wow! this song is awesome!
This song was made under commission from the Ford motor company to be used in a commercial. May was given a free hand to do what so ever he wished to do, so long as the phrase "Driven by you" was contained in the main part of the song. I believe that only the first verse was used in the advert. It still is an awesome song and features some excellent music that really makes your heart pump.