Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Feeling down n' dirty, feeling kinda mean
I've been from one to another extreme
This time I had a good time, ain't got time to wait
I want to stick around till I can't see straight
Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision
Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me
My double vision gets the best of me
Never do more than I really need
My mind is racing, but my body's in the lead
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna push it to the limit
I live all of my years in a single minute
Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision
Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me
My double vision always seems to get the best of me, the best of me, yeah
Ooh, double vision, I need my double vision
It takes me out of my head, takin' me out of my head
I get my double vision, oh, seeing double double
Oh, I have double vision, (oh double vision) yeah
Oh I'm getting double vision
I've been from one to another extreme
This time I had a good time, ain't got time to wait
I want to stick around till I can't see straight
Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision
Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me
My double vision gets the best of me
Never do more than I really need
My mind is racing, but my body's in the lead
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna push it to the limit
I live all of my years in a single minute
Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision
Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me
My double vision always seems to get the best of me, the best of me, yeah
Ooh, double vision, I need my double vision
It takes me out of my head, takin' me out of my head
I get my double vision, oh, seeing double double
Oh, I have double vision, (oh double vision) yeah
Oh I'm getting double vision
Lyrics submitted by almostmanda
Double Vision Lyrics as written by Mick Jones Lou Gramm
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With all due respect, I dont think anyone grasped the undermeanings of the song .. Thats my explanation:
"Feeling down n' dirty, feeling kinda mean"
-He is refering to a problem induced feeling ...
"I've been from one to another extreme"
-That is, his views, opinions, excitements, view of life all changes dramatically.... One moment he is on the top of the world, the other moment he's on the other bank ... these are the two contradictory extreme feelings
"This time I had a good time, ain't got time to wait"
-He says, Now I am in the good feeling side ... and I would not waste any minute ... because it could all vanish into the blues ...
"I want to stick around till I can't see straight"
-I want to enjoy every single moment while am on the goood bank ... I want to make the best use of it until .. I switch ... and can see straight no more
"Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision"
-Regardless, I will (see things) the way I do -i think referring to the bad feeling - ... I wont disguise just because of what I suffer
"Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me"
-And when I get it ..myself becomes a stranger to me -apparently he cant cope with it- I feel like am a new person, as I referred with new visions, dreams, opinions, views, ... etc ...
"My double vision gets the best of me"
-My double vision: the two different views that lives in me are quit an obstacle ... it gets the best of me ...
"Never do more than I really need"
He is capable, ambitious, know-it-all, but he doesn't do more than he needs (live a normal life is one thing he doesnt need - or cant have) ... He works to get enough to fulfil his pleasure seeking self ...
My mind is racing, but my body's in the lead -An exquisite line that demonestrate the battle between ones logic & emotions ..
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna push it to the limit I live all of my years in a single minute -Quite self-explanatory .. time to seek pleasure and live to the max .. notice how the tune even change to a more live one
Fill my eyes with that double vision, no disguise for that double vision Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me My double vision always seems to get the best of me, the best of me, yeah
Ooh, double vision, I need my double vision It takes me out of my head, takin' me out of my head I get my double vision, oh, seeing double double Oh, I have double vision, yeah, I'm getting double vision
It is a very sad self-reflective song ... about the instable life of many around us ... that lives moments in heaven and moments in hell within a blink of an eye..
It's about someone living on the edge. He lives his life to party and only for partying's sake. But he claims to know his limit--"Never do more than I, I really need". The singer never tells us what leads him to the partying or what pain he is trying to quench. Only that he has a lust to party.
awesome...the first person to comment. i love this group. Lou Gramm has a spectacular voice.
agreed
This song is about partying hard and drinking so much your vision becomes blurry.
The band wrote this after seeing New York Rangers goalie John Davidson get knocked out during the 1977 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Davidson is now a popular hockey analyst for ABC Sports. The changed it around to talk about being at a party.
I certainly love this, probably because I have it.
This song awesome....
Foreigner was the first concert I ever went to. I was in the beer garden before the show, and I was pretty drunk, when all of a sudden I hear this song. I thought it was befitting given my current state.
He parties way too much for his own good. Double vision would be what he sees when he gets hammered. He wants to stop but doesn't for the party.