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For a thousand days
You've been staring away
Are you faint
Are you thinking
Crack a smile and wink
It doesn't scare me away
Hit the brakes
I feel like cruising with you too
So I gaze
In your eyes
And I wonder
Can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake me up soon
Take a bow and wave
As we carry away
It was great
But I'm not leaving
Crack a smile and wink
It still doesn't scare me away
Hit the brakes
I feel like cruising with you, too
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder, can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake me up
For a thousand days
We could get carried away
Are you in
Are you in
Are you in(are you in)
(I'd give anything)
(I'd give anything for you)
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder can you take me up
You've been staring away
Are you faint
Are you thinking
Crack a smile and wink
It doesn't scare me away
Hit the brakes
I feel like cruising with you too
So I gaze
In your eyes
And I wonder
Can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake me up soon
Take a bow and wave
As we carry away
It was great
But I'm not leaving
Crack a smile and wink
It still doesn't scare me away
Hit the brakes
I feel like cruising with you, too
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder, can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake me up
For a thousand days
We could get carried away
Are you in
Are you in
Are you in(are you in)
(I'd give anything)
(I'd give anything for you)
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder can you take me up
Your hands that I'm under
Come wake
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder can you take me up
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I do think this song is about Chi. I think Chino wants to cruise and go up with Chi, wherever he is in this unconscious state.
I liken the 976-Evil thing to the car crash. The movie was based on some evil phone line from hell where bad shit happens to people when they call the number or something like that... it's been a while since I saw it. That car crash with Chi was some unexpected event that really messed up a lot of things. It was a negative event that affected Chi, anyone close to him, the band, and even his fans... and we're all waiting for him to come back.
This song is sung from the Prince’s perspective. He addresses his father:
“For a thousand days, you’ve been staring away
Are you phased or are you thinking?
Your crack a smile and wave, doesn’t scare me away”
The Prince and the King have aged in the wake of apocalypse. The Prince feels incredible guilt for destroying everything his father loved, but he still tries to mend their relationship.
“Hit the brakes, I feel like cruising with you…too…so I gaze
In your eyes and I wonder [later, “and I want her”]
Can you take me on?”
The Prince wants to spend some time with his father. He remembers how his father loved “cruising the city” on Earth so long ago (see “Sextape”). The son acknowledges the absence of the queen, who died in the destruction of Earth, and he wonders if his father can handle having the son in his life at all after he has ruined everything.
“Your haze that I’m under, come and wake me up”
Soon take a bow and wave, as you’re carried away.
The Prince is suffering from guilt and begs for forgiveness from his father, who will be “carried away.” This is an interesting concept considering the father has already died (between “Royal” and “CMND/CTRL”). The only meaning I can gather is that the father completely gave up his mortality during “Rocket Skates.” He has made the journey from human to god back to human and now he is dying.
“It was great but I’m not leaving, Your crack a smile and wave still doesn’t scare me away
For a thousand days we could get carried away…are you in?”
Perhaps this coming death isn’t the end?
“I’m anxious and I feel like cruising with you.”
The Prince wants some father-son time. In "Beauty School" it was asserted that the king/father has a phone with which he uses to call the Earth. If he ever wants to forgive the son/prince, the son can be reached at 976-EVIL. He is evil because he represents the evil deeds of man that destroyed the Earth (see "Prince").
Deftones usually dont state what a song is about, they sometimes state what it meant for them, but there is no strict meaning of any of their songs. So if you wana discuss it, what it means, i suggest just say what it means to you, what thoughts, pictures you get when you listen to it. And thats what i also love about them, its music which makes you think.
For me this song its totally about a love...
Hit the brakes I feel like
Cruising with you too
(He sees a girl and stops his car to pick her up)
So I gaze in your eyes
And I wonder can you take me on?
(Thinking about having sex with her and if she can "handle" him)
I know it is more logical that this song is about Chi but Deftones songs can mean so many different things, and it's all up to the listener; that's how they WANT it to be, up to how you view the lyrics.