Speedway Lyrics
It gets so I got no pride at all
It gets so bad but I just keep coming back for more
Guess I just get off on that stuff
thinkin bout taking some time
thinkin about leavin soon
I got some things I can't tell anyone
I got some thing's I just can't say
They're the kinda things that no one knows about
just need somebody to talk to me
I'm thinkin about leaving tomorrow
I'm thinkin about being on my own
Think I've been wasting my time
thinkin about getting out
thinkin about getting out
In all this time
the bottom line's
you dont know how much I feel
you say you see but I dont agree.
You dont know - dont know how I feel.
I'm just trying to get myself some gravity
your just trying to get me to stay.
Sometimes I sit here looking down apon los angeles
Sometimes Im floating away
Thinkin about breaking myself
Thinkin about getting back home
Think Ive been waiting way to long
Thinkin bout getting out
Thinkin bout getting out
Thinkin bout getting out
I agree with Jag. I realte to this like mad. Some days I really want to just get away and go. The line that gets me the most is:
In all this time the bottom line's you dont know how much I feel you say you see but I dont agree.
In the 6 years we've been together, I still don't think he understands what I go through in my head all of the time... he doesn't get why I listen to sad music all the time and why I sometimes feel like it's such a big deal that he doesn't. Maybe it's just cause I feel like music expresses everything I repress. Either way - end rant, sorry bout that, but yeah, powerful line right there.
It's crazy how much I relate to this song, but also to your comment... My boyfriend was the same way. I listen to sad music almost exclusively, and he didn't understand it at all. I guess I just like being able to feel something... It's so much better than feeling nothing. That line... I love it so much. This is an incredible song. And thank you for making that comment. :)
It's crazy how much I relate to this song, but also to your comment... My boyfriend was the same way. I listen to sad music almost exclusively, and he didn't understand it at all. I guess I just like being able to feel something... It's so much better than feeling nothing. That line... I love it so much. This is an incredible song. And thank you for making that comment. :)
i think this song's about wanting to get away from your current surroundings to try and sort out your feelings but someone doesn't want you to go.
I agree with Shiver. I think this song is like a more melodic version of Hangingaround. In both songs Adam just wants to escape, get out of the town where society is causing him all this pressure, but something or someone is holding him back.
it's definitely about escape. a great song just in the way it feels, at least to me.
i wish he said "slitting my wrists" instead of "breaking my self"
Actually this song is a sequel to mercury, it's about not really being "in love", but being addicted to someone. Trying to come to terms with why you have stayed and why you should leave.
I think this song gives a lot more than it gets credit for. You've got this guy completely burnt out. Everything keeps turning out wrong but he keeps going back for it. He's just thinking about taking off for a while. It's someone standing on the precipice of just leaving it all behind and ditching. Great song about that level of frustration.
top 5 songs....ever. I know that nobody would agree... but those that know me would tell you that you don't know me.
this song reflects my life well to some degree, wanting to leave home and get away from my local society.
Depressing? Yes. Sad? Yes. Brilliant? Yes. "Don't know how I feel." I had read a negative review of this song on Amazon, so I hardly ever listened to it, and when I finally did, I loved it. It's kind of like the dreams people have of getting out of their bad situations and moving away to something new. Or it could be about suicide. "Thinkin' bout gettin' back home. Thinkin bout gettin out." Whatever it is about, it is great. I would say any form of escapism from the life he has created for himself. He's had at least 2 nervous breakdowns in his life before, so maybe he is trying to avoid another.