Vapour Trail Lyrics

Lyric discussion by velmaxcorgan 

Cover art for Vapour Trail lyrics by Ride

I used to have a friend who lived by me, and our apartment complexes were seperated by a golf course.

There were many nights when I listened to this song on my walkman, in the cold breeze of the night. Just me, the stars, and this AMAZING song.

I just can't tell you what this song does to me. I feel bliss...the bliss that comes from falling in love. I also feel a little longing, because I wish I had someone to share this song with.

Oh, and the end when everything drops out and it's just the viola (I've been told it's a viola...I'm not too literate on string instruments)...oh my god. The song just enters a new dimension of beauty and feeling.

God, this song is amazing. I get choked up every time I listen to it.

@velmaxcorgan What happened to your friend? Or between you and your friend? Don't say "18 holes" lol

Just you mention them once, then not again in your description.

13 years since you wrote that. 20 years since Ride came into my life.

I was still a teenager then. Me and Mark still had hair. I know it's a terrible thing to say but I felt so much better about my own hair loss when I saw that Phil Oakey and Mark Gardener had suffered (and I chose that word deliberately) hair loss. Both of those I had hair-envy for.

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