I seen some lights in my rearview mirror, I guess I panicked and I gave her a gun.
I think the correct lyric is "I panicked and I gave her the gun". meaning flooring the accelerator on the car, not an actual gun. That would tie into the road getting slick, and wrapping the car around a telephone pole.
Look at the line from Something in the Night for reference. Out driving by himself at the start of the song, "and I take her to the floor" meaning flooring the accelerator for reference.
Also I think this lyric is wrong:
I seen some lights in my rearview mirror, I guess I panicked and I gave her a gun.
I think the correct lyric is "I panicked and I gave her the gun". meaning flooring the accelerator on the car, not an actual gun. That would tie into the road getting slick, and wrapping the car around a telephone pole.
Look at the line from Something in the Night for reference. Out driving by himself at the start of the song, "and I take her to the floor" meaning flooring the accelerator for reference.