Cake: The Distance Meaning
Song Released: 1996
The Distance Lyrics
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty...
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#1 top rated interpretation:I think it's about someone who died in the race, and his ghost still haunts the track. Morbid, I know.
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I think the verse “he’s riding on his horse” is the crucial clue - some of you youngsters
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I always thought it was about a group of men fighting for one woman. “Chuming and bumming, They yearn for the cup.” The men are chuming because they are friends, but “their prowess is potent and secretly stern” shows that they are all interested in her.
She has chosen a Man and he is desperate to prove himself as worthy. “He’sGoing the distance.”
I think the earthquakes he feels about it worse from living in leaving with no explanation. I wish they expanded more on this part of the song.
I think the second verse regrets her decision. “She’s hoping in time that her memories will fade.” She took the relationship to the next level and now she wishes to undo sleeping with him. She was “ in her time of need which affected her judgment. -
My interpretation of this song is that it’s paralleled to sex. The pressure and anxiety of performing.
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The song is about a racer who died on the track. He continues to race around the track, reliving the day that he died, and the day he lost the cup, and the lady he loved. He continues to circle the track, hoping that his luck will change, and he will be free from limbo.
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This song can be seen many ways, but possibly the most accurate interpretation I have actually applies to my own life. The "racer" here is a male caught in gambling and addiction, constantly running from his fear of commitment. The woman he loves is pregnant/has given birth to his child, and so he runs away and feeds his addictions rather than changing his ways and supporting his family. He later decides to try being a father to his abandoned child, only to find that another man has taken his place. The racer continues to try and care for his child, all while knowing that he'll never make up for the time he lost.
I interpret the song this way because I'm the bastard kid that was raised by a step-father until my father tried to take his place back after I'd already lived 17 years without him.
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The song is describing a few different types or races (car, foot, and horse), all converging into one. A victorious champion defeats the main character, leaving with the trophy and going home. However, the main character refuses to give up, and finishes the race even though he is slower than the others.
This song reminds me of a tine I had to pass a fitness test, of which one part was running 2 miles in 20 minutes. One of the times I failed it, it was a clear, dusky night. The sun had literally gone down, and the moon had literally come up. While there was obviously no trophy, someone else would have definitly "long ago left with the cup" if there were one. Just like the character, I refused to quit, and was the one man "still driving and striving as fast as he can". I passed it not long after, due to lots of practice and this song echoing through my head. -
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He's chasing around this woman and when he finally gets her, she dumps him later.
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I’m disgusted looking at all these and what they say about sex is not true this song is about a guy who likes to race and lost a race so he is practicing to win the next race and he is in a zone where his racing is all he is worried about and his girl is alone.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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