Whenever you are not totally into something, when you are holding back, not letting go, you are in grey. A middle. And you can't enjoy it all, or experience it. Here he can't say he loves her or that he doesn't. He just doesn't know what he should feel. He is confused, not all into it.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray, and I say it's a long way back now hon
She just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
----> So here, he is trying his hardest to ignore what has happened between them, like nothing happened. He is searching for a way to get back to normal. But she won't let him. Trying to let him know that he just needs to accept it. To let her love him. To tell him that if he just accepts it, loves her, they could be happy. She won't listen to his fears. And at the end of these lines, he relalizes that he is not in control of it anymore, she is. And that he has to come to terms with that--to open his eyes and take responsibility. To deal.
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide,
Nothing's gonna make me, break from her side
---> And so, in the end, he accepts his place. His responsibility. He was a part of this. It was not just her, but he was also involved. It is time for him to be with her. To stand with her. To love her. To make up his mind. And he knows he cannot live life half in and half out. He is no longer a kid. He can't swim with his boots on, etc. He has to be a man and accept that he is now part of her life. That there is someone else involved in this situation and that if he can just get over his fear, he can share in her love.">
Driving With The Brakes On Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Canaroo2 | SongMeanings
Whenever you are not totally into something, when you are holding back, not letting go, you are in grey. A middle. And you can't enjoy it all, or experience it. Here he can't say he loves her or that he doesn't. He just doesn't know what he should feel. He is confused, not all into it.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray, and I say it's a long way back now hon
She just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
----> So here, he is trying his hardest to ignore what has happened between them, like nothing happened. He is searching for a way to get back to normal. But she won't let him. Trying to let him know that he just needs to accept it. To let her love him. To tell him that if he just accepts it, loves her, they could be happy. She won't listen to his fears. And at the end of these lines, he relalizes that he is not in control of it anymore, she is. And that he has to come to terms with that--to open his eyes and take responsibility. To deal.
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide,
Nothing's gonna make me, break from her side
---> And so, in the end, he accepts his place. His responsibility. He was a part of this. It was not just her, but he was also involved. It is time for him to be with her. To stand with her. To love her. To make up his mind. And he knows he cannot live life half in and half out. He is no longer a kid. He can't swim with his boots on, etc. He has to be a man and accept that he is now part of her life. That there is someone else involved in this situation and that if he can just get over his fear, he can share in her love." />
Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's right and who's wrong
Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight,
--> Here, this may refer to the idea that he has no reached a point in his life where he has to take responsibility for his actions, he is no lonnger a kid, no more excuses, no more free passes, he has to face this and it is a point in his life where he must sit up and take it.
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it's tracks
And said, come on, let's go home. But she's got the wheel,
And I've got nothing except what I have on.
---> Here is the guilt for letting her carry things on, maybe in the relationship, he feels he has no control, or that he cannot give her control, total control, he is trying to make excuses for not being able to be "all into it" He just wants to go back to what he knows, the safety of home...
When you're driving with the brakes on
When you're swimming with your boots on,
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't
--> Whenever you are not totally into something, when you are holding back, not letting go, you are in grey. A middle. And you can't enjoy it all, or experience it. Here he can't say he loves her or that he doesn't. He just doesn't know what he should feel. He is confused, not all into it.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray, and I say it's a long way back now hon
She just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
----> So here, he is trying his hardest to ignore what has happened between them, like nothing happened. He is searching for a way to get back to normal. But she won't let him. Trying to let him know that he just needs to accept it. To let her love him. To tell him that if he just accepts it, loves her, they could be happy. She won't listen to his fears. And at the end of these lines, he relalizes that he is not in control of it anymore, she is. And that he has to come to terms with that--to open his eyes and take responsibility. To deal.
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide,
Nothing's gonna make me, break from her side
---> And so, in the end, he accepts his place. His responsibility. He was a part of this. It was not just her, but he was also involved. It is time for him to be with her. To stand with her. To love her. To make up his mind. And he knows he cannot live life half in and half out. He is no longer a kid. He can't swim with his boots on, etc. He has to be a man and accept that he is now part of her life. That there is someone else involved in this situation and that if he can just get over his fear, he can share in her love.
Driving through the long night Trying to figure who's right and who's wrong Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight,
--> Here, this may refer to the idea that he has no reached a point in his life where he has to take responsibility for his actions, he is no lonnger a kid, no more excuses, no more free passes, he has to face this and it is a point in his life where he must sit up and take it.
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on. And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it's tracks And said, come on, let's go home. But she's got the wheel, And I've got nothing except what I have on.
---> Here is the guilt for letting her carry things on, maybe in the relationship, he feels he has no control, or that he cannot give her control, total control, he is trying to make excuses for not being able to be "all into it" He just wants to go back to what he knows, the safety of home...
When you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on, It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't
--> Whenever you are not totally into something, when you are holding back, not letting go, you are in grey. A middle. And you can't enjoy it all, or experience it. Here he can't say he loves her or that he doesn't. He just doesn't know what he should feel. He is confused, not all into it.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from The thing we've done. She shuts up the ashtray, and I say it's a long way back now hon She just yawns. And we might get lost someplace So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
----> So here, he is trying his hardest to ignore what has happened between them, like nothing happened. He is searching for a way to get back to normal. But she won't let him. Trying to let him know that he just needs to accept it. To let her love him. To tell him that if he just accepts it, loves her, they could be happy. She won't listen to his fears. And at the end of these lines, he relalizes that he is not in control of it anymore, she is. And that he has to come to terms with that--to open his eyes and take responsibility. To deal.
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide, Nothing's gonna make me, break from her side
---> And so, in the end, he accepts his place. His responsibility. He was a part of this. It was not just her, but he was also involved. It is time for him to be with her. To stand with her. To love her. To make up his mind. And he knows he cannot live life half in and half out. He is no longer a kid. He can't swim with his boots on, etc. He has to be a man and accept that he is now part of her life. That there is someone else involved in this situation and that if he can just get over his fear, he can share in her love.