About Claudia Expertise I can answer main things about the Wallflowers- lyrics, band bios, concerts, background, who Jakob`s dad is... :) stuff like that.
Experience I have loved the Wallflowers (as my email address shows) since 1996 and I heard 'The Difference'. Since then I've gone to numerous concerts- done what any fan does- get pictures, all the cds, merchandise etc and I've even met the band twice. I could say I'm quite the Wallflowers officionato. :)
Expert: Claudia Date: 2/8/2004 Subject: the wallflowers
Question what does their song "one headlight" mean/signify?
Answer Well, I think a lot of Wallflowers' songs are open to interpretation by the listener. To me, I think it's talking about a romance. "Come on try a little/nothing is forever/there's got to be something better than in the middle/me and Cinderella, put it all together...we can drive it home with one headlight" I think that the relationship may be lagging a little bit, but still there's time to make it right, hence the "we can drive it home" with "one headlight". It's not two headlights (or a perfect relationship) but one headlight, and he's saying it can still work. Also if you look at some of the verses... "They said she died easy of a broken heart disease/as I listened through the cemetary trees." One person in the relationship may want it to end, but the other thinks it can still work out. There are some other references in the lyrics, but I think you get what I mean. Again, this is just speculation, and my opinion; I think the song means whatever the listener thinks it does.
You can also ask Jakob Dylan on the official website (thewallflowers.com). Fans can submit questions and he answers some of them periodically.
I hope this helps. :)
