I get so nervous I'm shaking
Gets so I got no pride at all
Gets so bad but I just keep coming back for more
I guess I just get off on that stuff

I'm thinking about taking some time
I'm thinking about leaving soon

I got some things I can't tell anyone
I got some things I just can't say
They're the kind of things no one knows about
I just need somebody to talk to me

I'm thinking about leaving tomorrow
I'm thinking about being on my own
I think I been wasting my time
I'm thinking about getting out

In all this time,
The bottom line's you don't know how much I feel
You say you see but I don't agree
You don't know how I feel

I'm just trying to get myself some gravity
You're just trying to get me to stay
Sometimes I sit here looking down upon Los Angeles
Sometimes I'm floating away

I'm thinking about breakin myself
I'm thinking about getting back home
I think I been waiting for way too long
I'm thinking about getting out



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Speedway Lyrics as written by Adam Fredric Duritz David Lynn Bryson

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    My Interpretation

    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.

    komickazeon April 08, 2011   Link

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