TripOne - Highway Hypnosis [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook]
Hypnotized by the white lines
The highway, street lamps blur my sight lines
Wrap my whole life in a cassette tape
Listen all in one day, press play
(repeat)

[Bridge 1]
When we were kids, every season's summer
Lie down on the rug, watch an episode of Arthur
Hey, it was a wonderful kind of day

Do you remember your seat gave in Pre-K?
Or how we couldn't wait to reach the teen age?
Before you learned one day we'd need graves
And displayed was every art piece that we made?
We made everybody happy
No harm done when you done something crappy
No worries in our heads cause life lasts forever
Right? Life lasts forever, nothing has to be stressful
Mom was always smiling, or it seemed that way
Grandma died, dad never cried, what I seen that day
Put a mask on, make sure the youth last long
They'll die inside, learning that they could pass on
And some stuff, well, we're bad at remembering
But that comes in handy when we can't grasp the tragedy of 9/11
Cause nothing bad could ever happen
In the anti-reality that us kids fathomed
Right?

[Hook]

[Bridge 2]
I been flying by on the driver's side of rides
Til my eyes turn wet
Where do I turn? Right or left?
Don't take time to read signs too well
Responsible for mama's life, hope that I don't fail, no

[Verse 2]
The older I am, the smaller I get
Benjamin Button shit, scared to death of what I'm coming up against
Foot on the gas now, wishing I could backtrack
The last thing I controlled with wheels was a backpack
And that was kindergarten, still remember it vivid
Responsibilities then and now, what's the difference?
What's the difference between me and you?
I ride home on the bus, you got a job to buy your vehicle
All this time I thought work would give me pride
But all I really want is cash and more stupid shit to buy
I can't commit to this real world around me
Mix it with the fantasies, fucks my mind profoundly
When you mix work with play
And your brain is not developed to distinct black from white
It becomes gray
Nothing to say to make up for myself
Feels like I failed my own goals, and failed everybody else
Shit

[Hook]

[Bridge 3]
I pray I get by if the going get rough
I wanna love life til I'm done growing up
And if I go down, try to go down swinging
My eyes still smiling, my heart still singing
(repeated)

[Bridge 2]