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Who's gonna tell you when, it's too late
Who's gonna tell you things, aren't so great
You can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight
Who's gonna pick you up, when you fall
Who's gonna hang it up, when you call
Who's gonna pay attention, to your dreams
Who's gonna plug their ears, when you scream
You can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
Bye baby, bye baby, bye baby, bye baby
Who's gonna hold you down, when you shake
Who's gonna come around, when you break
You can't go on, thinkin' nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
Oh, you know you can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
Who's gonna tell you things, aren't so great
You can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight
Who's gonna pick you up, when you fall
Who's gonna hang it up, when you call
Who's gonna pay attention, to your dreams
Who's gonna plug their ears, when you scream
You can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
Bye baby, bye baby, bye baby, bye baby
Who's gonna hold you down, when you shake
Who's gonna come around, when you break
You can't go on, thinkin' nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
Oh, you know you can't go on, thinkin', nothin's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight
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The song is about one of the band member's sister who was involved in a drunk driving fatality.
I was 17 when the song came out. Every DJ on earth and MTV diskjockey talked about it back then. No one talks about songs these days because the lyrics suck.
Whatever the reason, the man is saying that something serious happened.
Since Ben Orr passed away, the song has a meaning to me outside of the video version. I had several relatives pass away around the same time, two of them with cancer. My relatives would tell me that everything would be okay, but I knew it wouldn't. Working in the medical profession, I see way too much sadness.
Just reading this thread is enough to bring me to tears.
Watching the music video entirely changed my perspective on this. It's clear that the woman is suffering from some sort of mental illness; having bipolar disorder with rapid cycling myself, I recognized the seemingly too swift changes in mood the woman experienced. Like her, I can go from depressed to a sort of blissed-out happy state to being furious and scared and unable to help myself get out of it very quickly.
I liked the song better before I thought the man was leaving someone with a mental illness. I know it's draining for people to handle these sorts of problems in someone else, but it's largely through the help of my boyfriend that I'm getting better. I think illnesses like that should be divulged early on in a relationship so that you don't build a support system that isn't actually going to be there when you need them.
"You can't go on thinking, Nothings wrong." People who struggle with psychic pain are always told things like "Write down 'I am OK' a hundred times," but that's awful. He's watching her tell herself that everything fine when it's obviously not, and he knows she can't go on like that, because it's just the set up for another breakdown. So he asks... Who's gonna drive you home tonight? He already knows he will...but maybe he's hoping she'll come to that realization herself?
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This song is from GOD and it's meaning is simple unlike the narrow meanings I have seen.
It is sung toward hopelessly lost individuals (in general) by godly people who love them.
The rest is details. The message is simple. There is a person in your life past or present that cared or cares enough about you to tell you the hard truth about your situation. They are your best friend but probably go unnoticed and uncared for by you. They were sent by God to drive you home..to heaven.
1. "Who's gonna tell you when it's too late?" = Who's going to care enough to tell you that your in danger of losing your salvation.
2. "Who's gonna tell you things aren't so great?" Who's going to care enough to tell you that despite what you think, this world, property and the way your living is anything but great.
3. "You can't go on thinking nothings wrong." Wake up. Stop being ignorant about God and subscribing to moral relativity.
4. "Who's gonna drive you home tonight?" = Who's the person right now trying to drive you to your eternal home (heaven).