Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Navigating Love's Dark Roads: Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Lyrics
Oh, you never smoked this much before we met
Reflecting on increased smoking habits since the relationship started.
Light up, light up another cigarette
Encouraging the partner to smoke another cigarette.
I can tell you're drinking only to forget
Observing the partner's drinking as a coping mechanism.
Don't know how I got you in such a mess
Expressing confusion about how the relationship became problematic.
How am I supposed to be your ray of light, your ray of light?
Questioning her role as a positive influence in the partner's life.
I get dark sometimes, does it pass you by?
Admitting personal struggles and wondering if the partner notices.
I should be your ray of light, your ray of light
Reiterating the desire to be a positive force in the partner's life.
But I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Conveying a sense of drifting or losing control in the relationship.
Guess I forgot how to feel
Acknowledging a loss of emotional connection.
Just for a second, you're talking
Partner appears to talk, but the speaker is emotionally distant.
But I'm just pretending you have my attention
Admitting to pretending interest in the partner's conversation.
I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Reiterating the feeling of losing control and falling asleep at the wheel.
I made you think it was real
Admitting to creating a false reality in the relationship.
If you think we're strong enough
Questioning the strength of the relationship.
Come on and wake me up
Inviting the partner to bring a sense of reality or wakefulness to the relationship.
You never looked this tense before we met
Describing the partner's changed demeanor since the relationship began.
Back up, back when we were so innocent
Recalling a time when the relationship was innocent and carefree.
All this emotion that we're buried in
Acknowledging the intensity of buried emotions in the relationship.
Tied up, fired up on this adrenaline
Describing the heightened emotional state and adrenaline in the relationship.
How am I supposed to be your ray of light, your ray of light?
Questioning the speaker's ability to be a positive influence given the emotional chaos.
Not a cloud in sight, what a perfect night
Contrasting the current emotional turmoil with a seemingly perfect night.
I should be your ray of light, your ray of light
Reiterating the desire to be a positive force in the partner's life.
But that's not me
Admitting a personal limitation – unable to be the ideal "ray of light."
And I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Expressing a sense of drifting or losing control in the relationship.
Guess I forgot how to feel
Acknowledging a loss of emotional connection.
Just for a second, you're talking
Partner appears to talk, but the speaker is emotionally distant.
But I'm just pretending you have my attention
Admitting to pretending interest in the partner's conversation.
I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Reiterating the feeling of losing control and falling asleep at the wheel.
I made you think it was real
Admitting to creating a false reality in the relationship.
If you think we're strong enough
Questioning the strength of the relationship.
Come on and wake me up, wake me up
Inviting the partner to bring a sense of reality or wakefulness to the relationship.
Come on and wake me up, come on and wake me up
Repeated plea for the partner to wake the speaker up from emotional numbness.
If you think we're strong enough, wake me up
Continued plea for the partner to awaken the speaker emotionally.
And I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Reiterating the feeling of drifting or losing control in the relationship.
Guess I forgot how to feel
Acknowledging a loss of emotional connection.
Just for a second, you're talking
Partner appears to talk, but the speaker is emotionally distant.
But I'm just pretending you have my attention
Admitting to pretending interest in the partner's conversation.
I'm falling, falling asleep at the wheel
Reiterating the feeling of losing control and falling asleep at the wheel.
I made you think it was real
Admitting to creating a false reality in the relationship.
If you think we're strong enough
Questioning the strength of the relationship.
Come on and wake me up, wake me up
Inviting the partner to bring a sense of reality or wakefulness to the relationship.
Wake me up, wake me up
Repeated plea for the partner to wake the speaker up from emotional numbness.
If you think we're strong enough
Continued plea for the partner to awaken the speaker emotionally.
Come on and wake me up, wake me up, wake me up
Final plea for
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