"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.
Waking before you, I've got a fever and a childish wish
For snow
Seems like a long long time since I spun you to this borrowed radio
You pick a place that's where I'll be
Time like your cheek has turned for me
Someday the waves will stop(and)every aching
Old machine will feel no pain
Someday we both will walk where our baby made
Tomorrow is a game
Waking before you I'm like the lord who sees his love though we don't know
Seems like a long long time since I've been above you
Seen and loved you so
You pick a place that's where I'll be
Time like your cheek has turned for me
For snow
Seems like a long long time since I spun you to this borrowed radio
You pick a place that's where I'll be
Time like your cheek has turned for me
Someday the waves will stop(and)every aching
Old machine will feel no pain
Someday we both will walk where our baby made
Tomorrow is a game
Waking before you I'm like the lord who sees his love though we don't know
Seems like a long long time since I've been above you
Seen and loved you so
You pick a place that's where I'll be
Time like your cheek has turned for me
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Fast Car
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Punchline
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Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
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Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Plastic Bag
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“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Usually I cringe when people say, "This song is about abortion!" because a lot of people think all songs are about one of three things - love, drugs, or abortion.
In this case, though, I do think these lyrics could - potentially, at least - lean towards the abortion angle.
"Waking before you/I've got a fever and a childish wish for snow/Seems like a long, long time/Since I spun you to this borrowed radio" Waking up, as if to find reality was just a dream, and the abandoned dream is reality - like how it can seem when in the grip of a high fever, delirious with it. Childish wish for snow symbolizes the innocence of the lost child, and the line about spinning 'you' to the borrowed radio symbolizes The Same Old Song... like saying, It's been a long time since you became the same old heartache for me.
"You pick a place that's where I'll be/Time like your cheek has turned for me" Instead of making the choice for the unborn, this time the choice is given to it. A wistful fantasy that the unborn could somehow give it's could-have-been parent(s) a second chance to decide by turning the other cheek, along with time.
"Someday the waves will stop/Every aching old machine will feel no pain/Someday we both will walk/Where a baby made tomorrow is a gain" Again, wishful thinking for an easy way out from the pain of such a difficult decision, from deciding that the child would have been a burden somehow.
"Waking before you/I'm like the lord who sees his love though we don't know-" Religious aspect: sometimes people blame god for bad things happening, saying it's because he doesn't love them or care about their suffering. This would be the parent looking at the aborted fetus, knowing how much they did love the thought of that child, but for whatever reason they could not explain to it, had to terminate the pregnancy.
"-Seems like a long, long time/Since I've been above you seen and loved you so" Reinstating the love he/she felt for unborn child, but was 'above,' or unable to express.
"You pick a place that's where I'll be Time like your cheek has turned for me"
'course, I could be totally off my rocker, and it may have nothing at all to do with what Sam B. had in mind when penning these lyrics.
Just my personal and heartfelt take on this song.