Nine years old you don't know where you are
And your head's on the window, your eyes are just closed
There's a voice in the front and a hush on the road
You're a passenger but your mind is travelling on.
Hands on the wheel and you're racing on over
To lie with your first love, you can't wait to see her
You borrowed the car and you think you're the driver
But now you're the passenger to your own heart
and it takes you travelling, travelling on.
It went black as night and the wind blew round
And stole your directions, you lost your way home
And you felt like a passenger left by the road
But I'll tell you the reason you couldn't get home
Cause there's nowhere you've been and it's nowhere you're going
Home is only a feeling you get in your mind
From the people you love and you travel beside
You may feel like a passenger but now you're the driver
You've got to go travelling, travelling on
Because if you break down, it's a cold, hard shoulder
Drive on, drive on
And when your days are darker, put your foot down harder
Drive on, drive on.
But tonight you're stumbling through your old town
You met up with a schoolfriend who's still just the same
And you talked all the same shit you talked in those days
And now you're drunk and you're sad for the old times passing you by
And get back on the road, it's a beautiful day
Pick up all the friends you can find on your way
And if you lose direction they'll be there guiding you on
Guiding you, guiding you on.
We're all going the same way down this long road
[So fuel up]
Yes, we're all bound the same way down this long, long road
And drive on
Drive on, drive on
And when your days are darker, put your foot down harder
Drive on
Fuel up, and drive on
Fuel up, and drive on
Drive on.
there is a mistake in the lyrics and while the actual syntax of it is minuscule, the meaning changes drastically with the correct lyric:
"Cause there's nowhere you've been" should be "Cause it's nowhere you've been"
reasoning:
- you can simply hear him saying "it's" and not "there's" but more importantly,
- "it" refers to "home" from the previous lyric, "but i'll tell you the reason you couldn't get home" - the meaning of these few lyrics involving home really comes through in what I think is one of the crux lyrics of the entire song: "home is only a feeling you get in in your mind, from the people you love and you travel beside"
so the meaning of the lines prior to that are that "home" isn't a physical place so its impossible to go there. hence, "its nowhere you've been", and "its nowhere you're going". "Home", instead, is a mental/psychological place that involves people in your life and relationships you have
The first time I heard this song I was just about to head back home after my first semester at college for Thanksgiving. Really made me sad. Such an amazing song and very easy to understand. Depressingly nostalgic though.
there is a mistake in the lyrics and while the actual syntax of it is minuscule, the meaning changes drastically with the correct lyric:
"Cause there's nowhere you've been" should be "Cause it's nowhere you've been"
reasoning:
- you can simply hear him saying "it's" and not "there's" but more importantly,
- "it" refers to "home" from the previous lyric, "but i'll tell you the reason you couldn't get home" - the meaning of these few lyrics involving home really comes through in what I think is one of the crux lyrics of the entire song: "home is only a feeling you get in in your mind, from the people you love and you travel beside"
so the meaning of the lines prior to that are that "home" isn't a physical place so its impossible to go there. hence, "its nowhere you've been", and "its nowhere you're going". "Home", instead, is a mental/psychological place that involves people in your life and relationships you have