Story Behind The Song

Personal experience.

Song Description

Looking back long after a near-death experience, what does life hold? Why do we keep going?

Lyrics

No Date For The Prom

LaRiccia / Political Suicide

Every time I turn around
Something knocks me to the ground

Two young fools on a makeshift ride
Race down a flooding river
Disaster strikes, and they both go in
Only a prayer could deliver, yeah

One swims free to a muddy shore
The other is trapped under water
Last breath gone as his life flashes by
Alone with God in his sorrow

Darkness swirling all around
Spiraling down life?s funnel
Just when I think I will let me drown
There?s a light at the end of this tunnel

But life goes on and on and on and on
And all I want to do is go home
It drags on and on and on and on
And still I?ve got no date for the prom

Well, who?s driving the car
That?s out of control
If I open my eyes I might see
How come I feel so, so chained to the wheel
And cannot bring myself to break free

When I had nothing I thought I had it all
If only I could find my way back
And the road runs on but only one-way
Faster and faster, then ends one day
So why even try, only to fall behind?

Do not go gently into that goodnight
And do not go empty into that white light