"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.
Do you remember when you told me
You said you're holding me up
me up
Darling
and you said you're holding me up
me up
So get your feet on the floor eh
You're making a stand now
You get what you get
so get what you can
Just remember that you told me
You said you're holding me up
me up yeah
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Me up
Remember that you told me
You're holding me up
me up
and you said you're holding me up
me up
Now get your feet on the floor eh
You're making a stand now
You get what you get
So get all what you can
But just remember that you told me
You said you're holding me up yeah
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
me up
ah ha
uh ah ha
You said you're holding me up
me up
Darling
and you said you're holding me up
me up
So get your feet on the floor eh
You're making a stand now
You get what you get
so get what you can
Just remember that you told me
You said you're holding me up
me up yeah
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Me up
Remember that you told me
You're holding me up
me up
and you said you're holding me up
me up
Now get your feet on the floor eh
You're making a stand now
You get what you get
So get all what you can
But just remember that you told me
You said you're holding me up yeah
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
Holding me up
me up
ah ha
uh ah ha
Lyrics submitted by GODMELANIE, edited by airtex
Holding Me Up Lyrics as written by Courtney Taylor
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My favorite Dandy Warhol song ever! Love the melody. Sounds like betrayal on some level. She promised to stick by him, supporting him, but didn't come through.
definately agree. i think sometimes promises are made to be broken. we might let ourselves love someone, and we might make unrealistic promises even though we know neither of us can come through.
brilliant melody, it just seems to roll along
One of my favorite songs of all time. Always seems to cheer me up.
The lyrics are self explanatory.
The first time I saw the dandy warhols live, I had no idea who they were, and had never heard this song before. I was lucky enough to have them perform this, and they extended it out to about 10 minutes at least. It was mindblowing. I became a lifelong fan and this is probably my favorite dw song.
One of the key opening lines is missing here, which imho changes the meaning of the song greatly.
The third/fourth lines should read [[ Darling yeah you sold me When you said you're holding me up, me up ]]
I think this is a sad case of someone saying something deeply hurtful to their partner.. something that can't be taken back, even though they're trying to walk it back. But it's too late, the relationship is ruined in a way that can't be fixed.
So it's goodbye.. but "remember that you told me" ..
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