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Line 1: {{~~work~~trope}} [[File:Past_In_The_Rear_View_Mirror_7674.jpg\|frame\|''(Photos by Flickr users Big Grey Mare, Icky Pic)'' ]] {{quote\|''It was long ago and it was far away~~<br />~~ ''Oh God, it seems so very far~~<br />~~ ''And if life is just a highway,~~<br />~~ ''Then the soul is just a car,~~<br />~~ ''And objects in the rear view mirror~~<br />~~ ''May appear closer than they are.''\|'''[[Meat Loaf]]''', "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are"}} Line 13: For references to the warning "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear", see [[Closer Than They Appear]]. A popular choice for a [[Break Up Song]] or other "goodbye song." Don't be surprised to hear a rhyme with "nearer" or "clearer." {{~~tropelist~~examples}} == [[Music]] == Line 21: * Julie Roberts - "Break Down Here": a [[Dual-Meaning Chorus]] - the first chorus has a literal rear view mirror, and the second one a metaphorical one. * Doug Supernaw - "She Never Looks Back": {{quote\| I always tried to tell her 'bout the rearview mirror~~<br />~~ But she just wouldn't ever take a peek~~<br />~~ She said there's no need lookin' where you've already been~~<br />~~ When you've headed down a one-way street }} * [[Pearl Jam]] - "Rearviewmirror" Line 29: * Mac Davis - "Texas in My Rear View Mirror" * Bobby Valentino - "Rearview" {{quote\| I wanna right all my wrongs,~~<br />~~ What's done I can't redo,~~<br />~~ I'm just lookin' in my rearview, ridin',~~<br />~~ Lookin' in my rearview, ridin'. }} * Jet Black Stare - "Rear View Mirror" ("Tired of living life through the rearview mirror") Line 43: * Zach Macko - "Home" ("My rear-view mirror plays like a movie screen / With every passing scene bleeds a memory") * [[Pink Floyd]] - "Two Suns In The Sunset": {{quote\| In my rear view mirror the sun is going down,~~<br />~~ Sinking behind bridges in the road,~~<br />~~ And I think of all the good things~~<br />~~ That we have left undone. }} * Graziano Romani - "The Bridges You Burn" ("check my past in the rear-view mirror / don't recognize the face I see") Line 52: * Patty Loveless' "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" uses the back window of a '55 wagon instead. * The All American Rejects "Night Drive": {{quote\| I know you, so better leave the city in the rear view~~<br />~~ I drive to eliminate the ball that I'm chained to. }} * Demi Lovato - "Mistake" ("Looking in the rear view mirror / Everything is so much clearer / Watch me wave it all goodbye, goodbye") Line 60: == [[Theatre]] == * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120701152544/http://copiousnotes.bloginky.com/2010/02/13/podcast-uk-theatres-blur-in-the-rear-view/ Blur in the Rear View]'' is a play by Aleks Merilo in which "three people who were affected by a horrible tragedy when they were in high school [...] meet eight years later and look back at their relationships before and after that tragedy." == Video Games == * From ''[[Max Payne 2]]'': {{quote\| '''Max Payne:''' With no way to deal with the past, I kept my eyes on the road, off the rear view mirror and the roadkill behind me. I chased lesser mysteries, other people's crimes.}} == Web Comics == Line 71: == Other == * "[~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20110829101333/http://cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/mirror/exhibition.html rear view mirror]" is the name of an exhibition of photographs of historical automobiles. {{reflist}} [[Category:Past in The Rearview Mirror]] [[Category:~~Pages~~Reflective ~~needing more categories~~Tropes]] [[Category:Memory Tropes]]