I'll always remember hearing this song for the first time, not knowing the artist, and thinking that I'd "discovered" a great new band, then finding out that it was The Cars, whom I had loved for years without knowing this album.
"I'll be your mirror" is the title of a 1967 Velvet Underground song; the use of that in these lyrics may be a conscious homage to the earlier band.
This is one of several Cars songs where the lyrics describe an intense infatuation, but the performance conveys calm verging on detachment. It creates a kind of coolness that is a big part of the band's legacy.
I'll always remember hearing this song for the first time, not knowing the artist, and thinking that I'd "discovered" a great new band, then finding out that it was The Cars, whom I had loved for years without knowing this album.
"I'll be your mirror" is the title of a 1967 Velvet Underground song; the use of that in these lyrics may be a conscious homage to the earlier band.
This is one of several Cars songs where the lyrics describe an intense infatuation, but the performance conveys calm verging on detachment. It creates a kind of coolness that is a big part of the band's legacy.