God it’s so painful that something so close could still be so far out of reach-She knows what she really wants she will never find through going to bed with a lot of guys but, she can’t put her heart out there yet, her body but not her heart. For one desperate moment there he crept back in her memory- She is trying to forget him but, it’s hard when you are alone with your thoughts. Out on 441 like the waves crashin’ on the beach- the drone of a highway can sound like the ocean. Well it was kind of cold that night she stood alone on her balcony-He is asleep after sex (typical guy) she decides to get some fresh air. 18 Wheeler Transportation Songs Runnin Down A Dream Tom Petty The song. Oh yeah, all right, take it easy baby, make it last all night-There is the promiscuity. In case you have the lyrics to Songs About Trucks and want to send them to. And if she had to die tryin' She had one little promise she was gonna keep-That is to herself, not to put her heart out there to get hurt again. She is using promiscuity to get rid of her pain.
It was a great big world with lots of places to run to- Lots of men to run to also. She was an American girl raised on Promises- She put her trust in to someone and he broke his promises. What I think it is about is the disillusionment that can come from loving. First Tom Petty said it was not about a suicide. General CommentI think the meaning is a little different than most of ones I have read. Just like this girl's dreams of making a name for herself, of finding a man who really loves her, and she's just sick of working at it, sick of all the empty promises.ĭeath was close.she could end it all by jumping into that ocean that wasn't really an ocean at all but just a mindless line of cars.but then for a second the man who broke her heart popped back into her mind and she remembered that she made a promise to herself to get revenge, follow her dreams, make something of herself even if it killed her.so she'll go on racing through life forcing herself to make promises about all that life has in store for her, and hopefully run across someone who will teach her what it means to relax and not fight so hard. being so close but so far and replaced by concrete and cars as a reminder to anyone who's "trying to make it in this town" just how far they still have to go to acheive their dreams and have that ocean view. I like how Petty paints a picture of this, comparing the ocean of L.A. the ocean isn't that far away, but no one can see or hear or smell the ocean from their apartment unless they're part of the uber-rich. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers an L.A.-based gang of sharp-dressed garage-rock refugees from Gainsville, Florida released their debut LP in November.
I do think it's about the feeling of revenge that comes from being broken-up with by your first love, or revenge from not being loved by a significant male figure in your life, and how a first love relates a lot to all the other dreams and empty promises American girls are force-fed about how grand life can be if we only try hard enough and work fast enough. The first verse you have the words "if she had to die trying she had one little promise she was going to keep".
General CommentI don't know if I think that this is absolutely about suicide.
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