This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Yeah
Ah, keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel
Ah, keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel
We're going to the roadhouse
We're gonna have a real, a good time, alright
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse
They've got some bungalows
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse
They've got some bungalows
Ay, well, that's where the people
Like to go down slow, alright
Let it roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
Yeah, do it, Robby, do it, yeah
Gotta roll, roll, roll-a
Thrill my soul, alright
Yeah, gotta roll, roll, roll, roll-a
Thrill my soul, yeah, gotta
Chee-boba-loo, bow, bow, bow
Cha-cha, da, cha-cha, dow, dow
Cha-cha, da, cha-cha, chow, chow
Da, cha-cha, da, chow, chow, oh-uh
Da, cha-cha, da, cha-cha, oh-uh
Da, cha-cha, da, chow
Right now
Ashen lady
Ashen lady
Give up your vows
Give up your vows
Save our city
Save our city
Right now
Well, I woke up this morning
Got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning
Got myself a beer
Well, the future's uncertain
And end is always near
Let it roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
Thank you very much
Ah, keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel
Ah, keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel
We're going to the roadhouse
We're gonna have a real, a good time, alright
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse
They've got some bungalows
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse
They've got some bungalows
Ay, well, that's where the people
Like to go down slow, alright
Let it roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
Yeah, do it, Robby, do it, yeah
Gotta roll, roll, roll-a
Thrill my soul, alright
Yeah, gotta roll, roll, roll, roll-a
Thrill my soul, yeah, gotta
Chee-boba-loo, bow, bow, bow
Cha-cha, da, cha-cha, dow, dow
Cha-cha, da, cha-cha, chow, chow
Da, cha-cha, da, chow, chow, oh-uh
Da, cha-cha, da, cha-cha, oh-uh
Da, cha-cha, da, chow
Right now
Ashen lady
Ashen lady
Give up your vows
Give up your vows
Save our city
Save our city
Right now
Well, I woke up this morning
Got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning
Got myself a beer
Well, the future's uncertain
And end is always near
Let it roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
Thank you very much
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"The future's uncertain, and the end is always near"
I love this line. It's so true.
let it roll, baby, roll....the car ride as a metaphor 4 life -- just let it roll baby all by itself, all nite long
what the f*ck is he trying to say?
this songs makes me wanna do crazy things. it never gets old.
This is about saying fuck you to tomorrow
Live for now
it means alot of things to me but one thing mostly about haveing fun and cruzing through life. my band (S.O.L) is remakeing this song its so much fun!!!
Its a great song, but its about doing dope/speed "roll baby roll all night long"
its about completely letting loose, gettin shitfaced, and doing it again. "The futures uncertain and the end is always near"...great line.
It evolved from a jam session, where they were trying to make the 'utlimate bar song' as a joke. I don't think it has any deep meaning to it.
I saw on another site, that Jim used to sing to his girlfriend when they were driving "Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel" And I mean before the song was wrote, and thats where that came from.
is this about a whorehouse?
i think it might be...
my favorite song by the doors.... just a great party song