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Car Crash Lyrics
You're flat on your face
In a field fifty feet from a burning Cadillac
At least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
I take off my shoes
I let the flames crawl up and burn right through me
I'm silent as a movie
I always thought you knew me better
At least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
At least you were thrown
At least you were thrown clear
I'm still stuck in here
And I'm still stuck
So now you are hurt
And you were sure I could not be hurt too
And just because you're bleeding
You think that I'm not bleeding
And just because you're full of yourself
Doesn't mean I'm not full of you
But at least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
At least you were thrown clear
At least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
And I'm still stuck
And so we burn silently
A silent light, a silent day
And so we burn silently
It just seems wrong
At least you were thrown
At least you were thrown clear
At least you were thrown
In a field fifty feet from a burning Cadillac
At least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
I let the flames crawl up and burn right through me
I'm silent as a movie
I always thought you knew me better
Cause I'm still stuck in here
At least you were thrown
At least you were thrown clear
I'm still stuck in here
And I'm still stuck
And you were sure I could not be hurt too
And just because you're bleeding
You think that I'm not bleeding
And just because you're full of yourself
Doesn't mean I'm not full of you
Cause I'm still stuck in here
At least you were thrown clear
At least you were thrown clear
Cause I'm still stuck in here
And I'm still stuck
A silent light, a silent day
And so we burn silently
It just seems wrong
At least you were thrown clear
At least you were thrown
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This is a really sad song. The "car crash" is obviously a metaphor for the end of a relationship. The metaphor can be interpreted beyond what is expressed in the song itself (e.g. They were both in the moving car, aka relationship, before it came to an unexpected stop). While the girl is "thrown clear" from the car (a safe distance away from the wreckage of their relationship), the singer is left trapped inside, consumed by the flames (grief) and unable to escape (move on).
There's a certain bitter tone; "...just because you're bleeding / you think that I'm not bleeding". She assumes he doesn't share her pain but they were both hurt by the crash and he is the one left to burn in the wreckage, while they can easily recover and move on.
That's my interpretation, anyway...
Thats really good interpretation. I didn't tihnk outside the box 4 that 1. Its avery powerful song!
Thats really good interpretation. I didn't tihnk outside the box 4 that 1. Its avery powerful song!
Agreed... living it ... sigh.
Agreed... living it ... sigh.