The Approaching Curve Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nikolas67 

Cover art for The Approaching Curve lyrics by Rise Against

I believe this song is about two people who are overwhelmed with a array of emotions towards each other. The song seems to continue hinting at the fact that nobody else is aware of their problems and it seems that for some reason they must keep these feeling and issues private. The song also leads us to believe that these are two people who are generally happy and well liked people who nobody would expect are actually suffering from excessive emotional pain.

Obviously these two have some sort of feelings for each other, and have no idea how to go about dealing with them. the line "The skylight was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn." tells us that these two have been driving together all night and now the sun is starting to come up. Also as the song continues it seems that there may be an issue even stronger at hand other then a complicated relationship.

Perhaps they cannot be together for some reason, or it also seems at some points they are trying to break up. I have a strong inclination that the girl in this situation is pregnant and that the guy has decided he has to break up with her in order to save his future. "�This is what�s best, for me, for you, for us, or maybe just for me,� I thought,as a tear formed in the pit of her eye." this leads to an argument and they simply don't know how to handle the situation. Finally in a rash, distressful act the women decides to drive the car off of the road seeing as how her man is planning to abandon her. Upon their deaths however nobody will know about the sadness of these two because nobody knows but them.

I think this is a great song and anyone who has ever been riddled with emotional issues that they can't seem to deal with, or complications on simple things can definitely relate to this song. One of my favorites by the band and I'm sure anybody who has been through any kind of complicated emotional issues with someone else and manages to hide their emotional distress from everyone else everyday would agree with me. Great song of bittersweet relationships.

woops I didn't know the first one posted. oh well.