| | One Headlight Lyrics Artist(Band):Wallflowers
So long ago, I don't remember when That's when they say I lost my only friend Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn The long broken arm of human law Now it always seemed such a waste She always had a pretty face So I wondered how she hung around this place Chorus: Hey, come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella, We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight She said it's cold It feels like Independence Day And I can't break away from this parade But there's got to be an opening Somewhere here in front of me Through this maze of ugliness and greed And I seen the sun up ahead At the county line bridge Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead We'll run until she's out of breath She ran until there's nothin' left She hit the end-it's just her window ledge (chorus) Well this place is old It feels just like a beat up truck I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes This place is always such a mess Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams I think her death it must be killin' me (chorus) If you find some error in One Headlight Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to mmhaga@hotmail.com for submitting the lyrics. Review about One Headlight Meaning of the song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/8/09 Personally i never cared what the song was "really" about... i just loved it for what it was and the ideas it stirred in my mind. But for the sake of educating others and myself on the "real" meaning, i decided to do some digging on the internet. Excerpt from a VH1 interview in 2002 (www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1458715/20021115/wallflowers.jhtml): VH1: Do you hear a lot of weird interpretations of your songs? Dylan: I used to always have to hear about who people thought died in “One Headlight.” There was never anybody who died in “One Headlight.” But I actually encourage that. Countless times you hear an artist explain what their songs are about and you’re disappointed. I prefer people to listen. If they like the drumbeat, I’m okay with that. Whatever moves people. Excerpts from interviews from 1997 found on Wallflowers.net (www.the-wallflowers.net/behind2e.html): "There was a misunderstanding, I think, because of one of the lines in the song, that the whole song was about a girl who died. People ask me who died. There's nobody who died. It's in the first verse: 'The long death of…' What's…I can't even remember the line…let's see: '[I've] seen the sun coming up/At the funeral at dawn/The long broken arm of human law.' It's just about perseverance, and you know I've always tried to believe-like I assume a lot of people do-that the way I treat other people would maybe be the way that I get treated. And people like opportunity, people like to be given a chance, and I think when I wrote that song I probably wasn't really feeling, for whatever reason, like I was being given a chance. I think at that point I just felt like I couldn't get anybody to listen." The Album Network, December 19, 1997 - article121997.htm "I tend to write with a lot of metaphors and images, so people take them literally,'' he says. "The song's meaning is all in the first verse. It's about the death of ideas. The first verse says, 'The death of the long broken arm of human law.' At times, it seems like there should be a code among human beings that is about respect and appreciation." He adds: "I wasn't feeling like there was much support outside the group putting together the record. In the chorus, it says, `C'mon try a little.' I didn't need everything to get through, I could still get through -- meaning 'one headlight.' '' 8.28.97 By Tom Alesia for Wisconsin State Journal - article082897.htm Been to long... | Reviewer: Rebekah | 6/29/09 I remember when i first heard this song, it was actually a long time ago and i just heard it again today on the radio. And i thought of what it meant to me then and now, and i can actually relate now in ways i never thought possible due to actually experincing it. Long story short this song is amazing and leaves room for your own interpretation. :) it's relative | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/18/09 the beautiful thing about music is that the lyrics can represent whatever you want them to. Sure they had a specific meaning for the writer, but some things are not explained because usually good writers want you to get something of your own from it... that's why really really good songs, a lot of ppl can relate in their own understanding of it. ;) wat it all means? | Reviewer: Caleb Conheady | 4/2/09 so isnt it about someones friend who died from suicide? 'the broken heart disease' is depression. im pretty sure of that. and the part saying "its just her window ledge" means her death is just an opening to a new life. wether that be heaven or whatever the writer believes in. and he always talk about how the place she lived in is depressing. and when she gives her little speech in the verse after the 1st chorus she really sounds like some one who feels depressed with life and wants to break away from all the pain. and the sunlight she sees would be ending it all. hence the 'she ran until theres nothing left, she hit the end' as for the chorus, its about how he loved her and now that shes dead he has to go through life and everything they had alone. he is the one headlight and she is the light that no longer turns on. (because shes dead) so hes saying he and her went through alot together and even though shes gone he wont forget her and will still set out do things they planned in hers (and his own) honor. so, thats what i gathered from the lyrics. ?? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/18/09 I really don't think the singer is the womans friend trying to help her though. Because theres a line in the song "Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams I think her death it must be killin' me" The singer is expressing guilt. If it were about breast cancer, he would be upset, but he wouldn't be blamming himself. Also... "Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease"...breast cancer is not a broken heart disease. shit | Reviewer: Allie | 3/2/09 I've researched this song endlessly. Its about a woman with breast cancer and the ongoing events in her life and how much she's changed and she contemplates suicide because her disease is not only killing her physically but mentally as well and the speaker is her friend and trying to help her through it all. No Headlight. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/15/09 The headlight is metaforical. The girl in the song loved her best friend, and she thought he didn't feel the same, so she killed herself via jumping out of her window, and the guy feels guilty because he loved her too, and if he had said so, maybe she would still be alive. best song nice one | Reviewer: Jimbomber | 12/4/08 i cryed first time this this song came on i was in my car my sister had an accident and she died in the car with this song playing and the headlight blew out i was with one headlight and my sister in my arms guys u had made me cry with your song i love this song so much thanks Coincidence | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/18/08 I know this is an older song but i just heard it as of late, and i believe i have been set up. I lost my mother when i was 16 and i now drive her car. Threw a random series of events lights burnt out and got damaged.... now only one remains lit.. i heard this song and ... well you get the point... great song Awesome. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/7/08 This song is one of the best written songs ever. I can't relate to it like the other two reviewers can, but I still love it just because it's such a great song. I love the way they mixed the guitar, drums and bass so well!!!!!!!!!!! Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song One Headlight The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Wallflowers" Music | |
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