Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Lyrics
Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they areThe skies were pure and the fields were greenAnd the sun was brighter than its ever beenWhen I grew up with my best friend kennyWe were close as any brothers than you ever knewIt was always summer and the future calledWe were ready for adventures and we wanted them allAnd there was so much left to dream and so much time to make it realBut I can still recall the sting of all the tears when he was goneThey said he crashed and burnedI know Ill never learn why any boy should die so youngWe were racing, we were soldiers of fortuneWe got in trouble but we sure got aroundThere are times I think I see him peeling out of the darkI think hes right behind me now and hes gaining groundBut it was long ago and it was far away, oh God it seems so very farAnd if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a carAnd objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they areAnd objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they areAnd when the sun descended and the night aroseI heard my father cursing everyone he knowsHe was dangerous and drunk and defeatedAnd corroded by failure and envy and hateThere were endless winters and the dreams would freezeNowhere to hide and no leaves on the treesAnd my fathers eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and againI know I still believe hed never let me leave, I had to run away aloneSo many threats and fears, so many wasted years before my life becameMy ownAnd though the nightmares should be overSome of the terrors are still intactIll hear that ugly coarse and violent voiceAnd then he grabs me from behind and then he pulls me backThere was a beauty living on the edge of townAnd she always put the top up and the hammer downAnd she taught me everything Ill ever knowAbout the mystery and the muscle of loveThe stars would glimmer and the moon would glowIm in the back seat with my julie like a romeoAnd the signs along the highway all said, caution! kids at play!Those were the rights of spring and we did everythingThere was salvation every nightWe got our dreams reborn and our upholstery tornBut everything we tried was rightShe used her body just like a bandageShe used my body just like a woundIll probably never know where she disappearedBut I can see her rising up out of the back seat nowJust like an angel rising up from a tombAnd objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they areAnd objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they areShe used her body just like a bandageShe used my body just like a woundIll probably never know where she disappearedBut I can see her rising up out of the back seat now
