Song Description
Headlights explores the relationship between two people who are balancing their own self issues, their love for one another, and the impact of those two dynamics on each other. I really wanted to dive deep with this song, and felt that this issue was something not often touched upon. The narrator of the story is highly depressed and on the edge of suicide, literally moments away from going through with it, when he starts thinking of the person he loves. How would this affect that person, and who would be there for them if the narrator followed through with it. Ultimately, he stays alive to be there for the one he loves and save them from the trouble they are going through. In my heart I believe this is an issue to be talked about as it is something that happens too often, and lots of times ends in a worse way. While a depressing subject of course, I'd like to think of this as a happy song of two people saving each other - one not even knowing they did.
| Song Length |
3:20 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Endearing, Depressing |
Subject |
Loneliness, Worry |
| Similar Artists |
Waterparks, Chase Atlantic |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1:
Tying the knot, holding the rope,
If I kick the box will anyone know,
Thinking of you and where would you go,
If I went away would you lose your hope,
PRECHORUS:
I can feel your heartbeat now,
Like tremors in the ground,
Rattling you to your core,
It's tearing you apart,
With deafening sounds,
Echoing through every door,
Who is gonna save you if I'm gone,
CHORUS:
I've been driving with no headlights,
Wishing I would be just fine,
Holding onto everything just for you,
Even if I know I'm gonna break down,
Never gonna let you go,
Fighting all this hopelessness, hopelessness,
Loneliness, loneliness,
VERSE 2:
I keep trying and trying and trying and trying to hide the truth,
I've been lying and lying and lying and lying all for you,
If you thought for a minute that I wouldn't listen,
I heard every thought no matter the distance,
Only for you I've been persistent,
CHORUS:
I've been driving with no headlights,
Wishing I would be just fine,
Holding onto everything just for you,
Even if I know I'm gonna break down,
Never gonna let you go,
Fighting all this hopelessness, hopelessness,
Loneliness, loneliness,
BRIDGE:
You don't have to hear a word,
You don't have to speak a sound,
Even if the lines feel blurred,
I will never let you down,
Even if the sun feels cold,
I won't let you lose your self-control,
CHORUS:
I've been driving with no headlights,
Wishing I would be just fine,
Holding onto everything just for you,
Even if I know I'm gonna break down,
Never gonna let you go,
Fighting all this hopelessness, hopelessness,
Loneliness, loneliness.