"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.
We don't want to sleep tonight
Still young like that I count the lines
Beside your mouth that smiles now
My arms reach up as you go down
With buried heads we both forget
All of the past and its regret
Wind picks up the window shakes
But we won't hear the morning break
You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight
Neighborhoods will try to dream
While you and me we hold and lean
Onto bodies slick and charged
Together just one beating heart
All around us quiet now
We hear the leaves fall to the ground
Morning light upon our bed
An ally while I catch your breath
You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight
Still young like that I count the lines
Beside your mouth that smiles now
My arms reach up as you go down
With buried heads we both forget
All of the past and its regret
Wind picks up the window shakes
But we won't hear the morning break
You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight
Neighborhoods will try to dream
While you and me we hold and lean
Onto bodies slick and charged
Together just one beating heart
All around us quiet now
We hear the leaves fall to the ground
Morning light upon our bed
An ally while I catch your breath
You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight
Lyrics submitted by kamanaka
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
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Lord Huron
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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"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
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/
I think it about being so wrapped up in each other that nothing else really matters except what they are doing at that exact moment, whatever it is, sexual or not. In an interview, Torquil said that they tried to write an album about sex, so that's whats coming across. It reminds me of two people coming together after having broken up, and how they're so attuned to each other and in love that they don't know why they were ever apart.
this song is so beautiful that you should never listen to it while going through a breakup. it will just break your heart.
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this my favorite song of the album. it is just beautiful. There's a certain thing to amy's voice that makes me shiver each time i listen to it. I just love it
this song was beyond beautiful at a show they played in mpls last night. amy singing "we hear the leaves fall to the ground/morning light upon our bed/ an ally while i catch your breath"...unreal.
LooksLikeLove is right, i know this from personal experience :(
Haha, when I saw them in Boston, Torquil said this song was about cunningulis. Amy seemed a little embarassed.
ditto. i got dumped this week and this cd has been the anthem. it's perfect to commiserate with.
Actually, when you think about it...this song could very easily be about cunnilingus. Haha. In any case, I love this line:
"with buried heads we both forget all of the past and its regret wind picks up the window shakes but we won't hear the morning break"
Kinda reminds me of a double-suicide...Romeo and Juliet style.
haha actually when I heard this I thought it was about cunnilingus, cause of the line: "my arms reach up as you go down" oh and also "together just one beating heart" cause whenever I hear that line, it means something sexual..but other way, it's such a sweet song.
Torquil said it was about fucking. Regardless of what its about, its an amazing song and just beautiful live.