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Driving in your car, with the windows down, and a beat-up stereo
Struggle with this town \'cause you love to hate it,
but hate to let it go
And we’re all alone, and so tired of being underrated
So don’t take me home \'cause I feel life when you come and save me
A yellow car speeding down a south-side freeway, will we write this movie,
make it end like we want it to?
And Casey, when you go,
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
when we were amazing
1989, summer had hit but it was not moving
What is it with this town?
Every time we win, it just feels like losing
We would never gonna fit in;
I was a mixed-up kid, and you were my sanity
And in yellow car, we don’t even have to go far.
\'cause that song you’re playing sounds like peace on the radio
And Casey, when you go,
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
when we were amazing,
when we were amazing
I know things will change,
can’t you stay the same?
Take me away, oh we don’t have to go far,
we don’t have to go far
I know…
And Casey, when you go,
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
When we were,
when we were…
Casey, when you go,
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye, pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone (I wanna be someone)
If you take me away all the pain will change into a memory
when we were amazing,
when we…
Driving in your car,
with the windows down,
and a beat-up stereo
Oh…
I wanna,
I’m gonna.
I wanna be someone
I wanna,
I’m gonna,
I wanna be someone
I will run to you,
I will come to you,
I will run to you,
I will come to you
Just come and get me
Just come and rescue me
I will run to you,
I will come to you,
I will run to you,
I will come to you
Coming through the sky like a satellite,
like a radio wave, a meteorite
Struggle with this town \'cause you love to hate it,
but hate to let it go
And we’re all alone, and so tired of being underrated
So don’t take me home \'cause I feel life when you come and save me
A yellow car speeding down a south-side freeway, will we write this movie,
make it end like we want it to?
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
when we were amazing
What is it with this town?
Every time we win, it just feels like losing
We would never gonna fit in;
I was a mixed-up kid, and you were my sanity
And in yellow car, we don’t even have to go far.
\'cause that song you’re playing sounds like peace on the radio
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
when we were amazing,
when we were amazing
can’t you stay the same?
Take me away, oh we don’t have to go far,
we don’t have to go far
I know…
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye,
pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone
If you take me away, all the pain will change into a memory,
When we were,
when we were…
can you come and find me?
I wanna be beside you when you leave this town
I’ll be waving goodbye, pretending not to cry
I wanna be someone (I wanna be someone)
If you take me away all the pain will change into a memory
when we were amazing,
when we…
with the windows down,
and a beat-up stereo
Oh…
I’m gonna.
I wanna be someone
I’m gonna,
I wanna be someone
I will come to you,
I will run to you,
I will come to you
Just come and rescue me
I will come to you,
I will run to you,
I will come to you
like a radio wave, a meteorite
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Such an amazing song...it's so beautiful! It really just takes me away. To me, this song refers to the "Casey" in our lives...the person who can always make us feel worthwhile and bring us back to happiness, when we've lost all hope and faith in ourselves.
I had a friend whose name actually was Casey. She was nineteen when died in April. Casey had muscular dystrophy, which meant a lot of physical and developmental problems, including being confined to a wheelchair, but she was the sweetest, most genuine person I have ever met in my life. She really shaped me into who I am, and she made me feel like I was worth something. Just seeing her face would transform my day. I love the line "I was a mixed up kid and you were my sanity." It describes my relationship with my Casey perfectly.
this is my favorite song on this album. i absolutely love it.
in an interview, darren said he wrote it about his sister.
This is the best road trip song. I love Darren Hayes.
This is the best road trip song. I love Darren Hayes.
What a mystical, beautiful song. This song takes you on a journey like no other. Its about leaving where you are with a loved one and forgetting about the pain, even though its only for awhile. Escaping with that special person who only understands you and being free from all the cares, and facing this amazing feeling of leaving your problems behind together
My favorite line is "i was a mixed up kid and you were my sanity." It perfectly captures the essence of teenage years... Darren just has a way of putting great meaning into small phrases. Add musical talent and you've practically got perfection.
yeah all of u are right cuz in this song darren talk about his experiences with his sister !!!! that they used to go away in his sister car ( yellow car ) lol ...and i dont know how to explain it bud ...they had fun !!! he said that this one and ho to build a time machine are his favorites songs of the cd !!!
This is such a beautiful song. Always gets me choked up!
Definitely the best song on the album for me :)
Also, I reckon The Killers ripped it off a bit for their song ‘Human’. Some of the back beats sound the same. Swines!!
somebody mentioned that 'waking the monster' and 'how to build a time machine' went together in that the former was part 1 and the latter was part 2. to me, Casey is part 3. at the end of 'time machine' he sings "in a stunning ball of white the light explodes into another moment." so the moment, imo, concludes with Casey.