"Speeding Cars" as written by and Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap....
Here's the day you hoped would never come
Don't feed me violins
Just run with me through rows of speeding cars
The paper cuts, the cheating lovers
The coffee's never strong enough
I know you think it's more than just bad luck
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
Sleeping pills know
Sleeping dogs lie never far enough away
Glistening in the cold sweat of guilt
I've watched you slowly winding down for years
You can't keep on like this
Now's a bad a time as any whoa
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't kill yourself
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It was a long time ago
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It was a long time ago
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't kill yourself
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
Don't feed me violins
Just run with me through rows of speeding cars
The paper cuts, the cheating lovers
The coffee's never strong enough
I know you think it's more than just bad luck
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
Sleeping pills know
Sleeping dogs lie never far enough away
Glistening in the cold sweat of guilt
I've watched you slowly winding down for years
You can't keep on like this
Now's a bad a time as any whoa
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't kill yourself
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It was a long time ago
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It's OK by me
It was a long time ago
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
There, there baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now darling
Oh don't kill yourself
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you yeah
Lyrics submitted by delial, edited by maddiereader
"Speeding Cars" as written by Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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"don't feed me VIOLENCE, just run with me through rows of speeding cars"
not violins...
but i agree.. this is an amazing song. i love it.
here's the day you hoped would never come (Something has happened to make the speaker speak out and force to loved one to confront what has happened)
don't feed me violins (She does not want to hear the sad stories. Much like the expression, "I'm playing the worlds smallest violin for you," she is using the instrument to represent sadness, or maybe even self pity.)
just run with me through rows of speeding cars (I believe that the speeding cars are a symbol of danger, one that she is trying to make him face.)
the papercuts, the cheating lovers (both further examples of what she is trying to force him to face)
the coffee's never strong enough (Usually when someone talks about the strength of a drink, it is to compare it to the strength of alcohol. This leads me to feel that the loved one she is talking to is using alcohol as a method to cope with what has happened.)
i know you think it's more than just bad luck (She feels that he is avoiding talking about why it happened. This is another attempt to to make him face whatever happened.)
there there, baby (she is calming him)
it's just text book stuff (this means that it is things that everyone goes through)
it's in the ABC of growing up (Again she refers to the subject as basic.)
now now, darling (She is again trying to talk him down.)
don't lose your head (Lose your head is to mean his ability to think clearly.)
none of us were angels (She states that everyone did thing in the past that they were not proud of.)
and you know I love you, yeah (She is letting him know that she cares and he is not alone.)
sleeping pills know, sleeping dogs lie (again she is saying using methods such as sleeping pills to escape his problems does not make them disappear.)
never far enough away
glistening in the cold sweat of guilt (He feels bad about something. Something he can't forget and or forgive himself.)
I've watched you slowly winding down for years (she has watched him torture himself over the issue)
you can't keep on like this
now's a bad a time as any
there there, baby
it's just text book stuff
it's in the ABC of growing up
now now, darling
don't kill yourself (everything is the same but this time she must feel that he is suicidal)
none of us were angels
and you know I love you, yeah
it's ok by me (She either forgives him for what he did or accepts his past.)
it was a long time ago (she is saying that he needs to face what he did and forget it.)
Its perfect!
While none of us, indeed, are angels, she has ministered to my soul as only an angel may, and I would give anything for the opportunity to run with her through speeding cars.
I believe that it is about the song writer accepting the behaviour of their friend, and trying to convince them that what they have done is okay now, it is in the past and they are allowed to move on. That no one is perfect and she doesn't ecpect them to be. It's really a sad song.
She is acknowledging that the pain they feel is real, ("Don't feed me violins...") and that patronisation wont work.
This song means a lot to me, and when I discovered it for myself it really spoke to me.. hence my interpretation. For me, it was eery.
The part that really persuaded me of this meaning is this: it's ok by me
it was a long time ago.
's how I have always seen it.Obviously it isn't necessarily about , but that;
i dont know thats just what i heard...
papercuts and cheating lovers.
the ABCS of growing up.
for me its about the ups and downs of life.
papercuts are smaller but cheating lovers is a big problem.
people complain about the coffee when other's lives are being ruined.
it gives fortunate ones that complain 24/7 a slap in the face.