"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.
Shawty wavy like water, ride in that Rari
Riding round in that coupe, uh-huh, yeah I was up in Long Island, up in New York City
I'm ridin' around with that bitty, I was ridin' around with that tool, uh-huh
Ridin' up in that bucket, ooh, Shawty said, fuck it, she fell in love with a fool,
Ooh, that deuce in the coupe, what am I gon' do today
Ooh, I might just kick back, smoke a few with you today, ooh ooh
You wanna buy you some new diamonds today, uh-huh
I get a private session from your little baby, uh-huh
I hop on that plane, I get it my way, yeah, yeah
Every day is like a vacay like BK, I get in my way, uh-huh
I remember that moonlight and sweeten up on every day
It'll be like this evening, everything I say, yeah
It has a little meaning, the way you sway, yeah
It's got my heart beatin', ooh, ooh
You make me feel like I did when I made easy, yeah
You make it so easy, ooh
My stomach turnin', make me feel queasy
Everywhere I go, I handle my business, uh-huh
Shawty wavy like water, ridin' that Rari, I'm ridin' round in that coupe, uh-huh, yeah
I was up in Long Island, up in New York City
I was ridin' around like that bitty, I was ridin' with that tool, uh-huh
We lightin' up in that bucket, we said, fuck it, she just fell in love
Yeah, she fell in love with this fool, uh-huh
Shawty, what you wanna do today, yeah
Uh-huh, what you wanna do today, yeah
You know he can't do it my way, uh-huh
Just like Peter Parker, you my Mary Jane, uh-huh
I wouldn't even trade you for the Mary Jane, uh-huh
And just like Lily, you know that it's always
Glokmane, oh my God, Luke
Riding round in that coupe, uh-huh, yeah I was up in Long Island, up in New York City
I'm ridin' around with that bitty, I was ridin' around with that tool, uh-huh
Ridin' up in that bucket, ooh, Shawty said, fuck it, she fell in love with a fool,
Ooh, that deuce in the coupe, what am I gon' do today
Ooh, I might just kick back, smoke a few with you today, ooh ooh
You wanna buy you some new diamonds today, uh-huh
I get a private session from your little baby, uh-huh
I hop on that plane, I get it my way, yeah, yeah
Every day is like a vacay like BK, I get in my way, uh-huh
I remember that moonlight and sweeten up on every day
It'll be like this evening, everything I say, yeah
It has a little meaning, the way you sway, yeah
It's got my heart beatin', ooh, ooh
You make me feel like I did when I made easy, yeah
You make it so easy, ooh
My stomach turnin', make me feel queasy
Everywhere I go, I handle my business, uh-huh
Shawty wavy like water, ridin' that Rari, I'm ridin' round in that coupe, uh-huh, yeah
I was up in Long Island, up in New York City
I was ridin' around like that bitty, I was ridin' with that tool, uh-huh
We lightin' up in that bucket, we said, fuck it, she just fell in love
Yeah, she fell in love with this fool, uh-huh
Shawty, what you wanna do today, yeah
Uh-huh, what you wanna do today, yeah
You know he can't do it my way, uh-huh
Just like Peter Parker, you my Mary Jane, uh-huh
I wouldn't even trade you for the Mary Jane, uh-huh
And just like Lily, you know that it's always
Glokmane, oh my God, Luke
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Always Lyrics as written by Zachary Loper
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Fast Car
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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"
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Ebba Grön
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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.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Best dope song. I can definitely relate.