"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
She looks at me, oh so pretty,
Touching me with her smiling white teeth.
She's showing me the place
Where everything is heard and said.
She's showing me the place
Which is underneath my bed.
(x2)
La la la la la, la la, la la la, la la la (etc.)
Touching me with her smiling white teeth.
She's showing me the place
Where everything is heard and said.
She's showing me the place
Which is underneath my bed.
(x2)
La la la la la, la la, la la la, la la la (etc.)
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She Looks at Me Lyrics as written by Anthony Maxwell Anna Jeanette Waronker
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
This song means a lot to me because That Dog. has been there for a lot of different stages in my life. I got this CD when I was a freshman in high school, and I refused to listen to this song because I thought homosexuality was evil, and I was struggling because I knew I had feelings for girls. Now I am a freshman in college, and I have recently come out. i remember singing this in harmony with a friend who was also bisexual (the only other one of my friends who knows that dog of course) and for some reason in that moment I just really felt like I had found my place, I no longer had to lie about my identity.
never knew rachel was a lesbian...the shaved head should have been a tip off. its sad how they gave her like one song
This song means a lot to me because That Dog. has been there for a lot of different stages in my life. I got this CD when I was a freshman in high school, and I refused to listen to this song because I thought homosexuality was evil, and I was struggling because I knew I had feelings for girls. Now I am a freshman in college, and I have recently come out. i remember singing this in harmony with a friend who was also bisexual (the only other one of my friends who knows that dog of course) and for some reason in that moment I just really felt like I had found my place, I no longer had to lie about my identity.
Is Rachel a lesbian? I loved this song since it was on the "But I'm A Cheerleader" soundtrack...that's a tipoff too, I think.
i really like this song...i think you need to like girls though to relate to it