The Wallflowers – One Headlight

Song

"One Headlight" is a song by American rock band The Wallflowers. The song was written by lead singer Jakob Dylan, and produced by T-Bone Burnett. It was released in February 1997 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Bringing Down the Horse. Dylan has said that the song is about "the death of ideas."

The song is notable for being the first single to reach number one on all three of Billboard's rock airplay charts: the Modern Rock Tracks chart, the Mainstream Rock Songs chart and the Adult Alternative Songs chart. "One Headlight" also peaked at number one in Canada for five weeks. In 2000, the song was listed at number 58 on Rolling Stone and MTVs list of "100 Greatest Pop Songs of All Time".

Album

Bringing Down the Horse is the second album by the American rock band The Wallflowers. It was released worldwide on May 21, 1996. The album was produced by T-Bone Burnett and features hits such as "One Headlight", "6th Avenue Heartache", "The Difference", and "Three Marlenas".

Bringing Down the Horse went quadruple platinum and is the Wallflowers' highest-selling album to date. Three songs from the album were nominated for Grammy Awards; in 1997 the Wallflowers received two nominations, both for "6th Avenue Heartache". In 1998 the band received three additional nominations; two for "One Headlight" and one for "The Difference".

"One Headlight" won in both categories it was nominated in. The song was the band's most popular single, reaching no. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock, and Adult top 40 charts. "One Headlight" is also listed at no.58 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs.

Bringing Down the Horse was issued on vinyl for the first time as a double LP set for the album's 20th anniversary, released by Interscope/Universal Music Group, on May 13, 2016.

Bringing Down the Horse è il secondo album in studio del gruppo rock statunitense The Wallflowers, pubblicato nel 1996.

Artist

The Wallflowers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band has gone through a number of personnel changes but has remained centered on Dylan.

After releasing their eponymous debut album in 1992, the Wallflowers released what would become their best-known and highest-selling album, Bringing Down the Horse in 1996, which featured the songs "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache".

I Wallflowers sono una rock band statunitense di Los Angeles, California. Il leader del gruppo, Jakob Dylan, è figlio di Bob Dylan, dal quale, pur avendo ereditato una simile liricità della voce, si discosta artisticamente nel genere di musica seguito.

So long ago, I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place

(chorus)
Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it's cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sun up ahead at the county line bridge
Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothin' left
She hit the end, it's just her window ledge

(chorus)

Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine, cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams
I think her death, it must be killin' me

Hey, hey
(chorus)

Tanto tempo fa, non ricordo quando
è allora che dicono che ho perso la mia unica amica
Dicono che è morta facilmente di un mal di cuore spezzato
e io ascoltavo tra gli alberi del cimitero

Ho visto il sole che sorgeva durante il funerale all'alba
il lungo braccio rotto delle leggi umane
Ora mi è sempre sembrato un tale spreco, aveva sempre una faccia carina
che mi chiedevo cosa ci facesse da queste parti

(rit.)
Ehi, provaci un po'
Non c'è niente che sia per sempre
Ci deve essere qualcosa di meglio
della mediocrità
Ma io e Cenerentola
riusciremo a trovare un senso
E guidare fino a casa
con un solo faro

Lei disse, fa freddo
sembra il Giorno dell'Indipendenza
e non riesco a scappare da questa parata
ma ci dev'essere un'apertura
da qualche parte qui di fronte a me
per uscire da questo labirinto di orrore e avidità
e ho visto il sole in alto di fronte al ponte al confine della contea
e dice che là tutto è buono e il nulla è morto
Correremo finché lei resterà senza fiato
Lei corse finché non rimase nulla
arrivò alla fine, ed era solo il davanzale della finestra

(rit.)

Beh questo paese è vecchio
è come un furgone scassato
Metto in moto, ma il motore non si accende
Puzza di vino da quatto soldi, di tabacco
questo posto è sempre un grande casino
A volte penso che mi piacerebbe guardarlo bruciare
Sono così solo e mi sento di essere un altro
Ehi, non sono cambiato, ma so di non essere lo stesso
Ma da qualche parte qui, tra i muri delle città dove i sogni muoiono
penso che la sua morte mi stia uccidendo

(rit.)