"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.
Sunday morning
We were lying in bed, just the two of us under cover, undercover
With no warning you suddenly became my lover
I've been waiting so very long for you to say it to me, say it to me
I've been skating, skating on thin ice if I don't agree
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
And If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed with I love you
What am I supposed to say back to you?
You killed it with I love you
And I'm sorry
only three little words I seem to be so scared of
so please show me how to get these words
off the tip of my tongue and out of my mind
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
And If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed with I love you
What am I supposed to say back to you?
You killed it with I love you
I have been thinking about what you said
Three little words running round in my head
There's no one else that I'd rather be next to
I guess what I'm trying to say is I love you
We were lying in bed, just the two of us under cover, undercover
With no warning you suddenly became my lover
I've been waiting so very long for you to say it to me, say it to me
I've been skating, skating on thin ice if I don't agree
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
And If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed with I love you
What am I supposed to say back to you?
You killed it with I love you
And I'm sorry
only three little words I seem to be so scared of
so please show me how to get these words
off the tip of my tongue and out of my mind
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
I know you're the one for me but it took me by surprise
And If I say it back to you, I can't look you in the eye
I don't want to lose you, I don't want to confuse you
I guess that this is my cue, to give you my reply
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed it, you killed it
You killed it with I love you
And you killed with I love you
What am I supposed to say back to you?
You killed it with I love you
I have been thinking about what you said
Three little words running round in my head
There's no one else that I'd rather be next to
I guess what I'm trying to say is I love you
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"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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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
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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.
Two things: first off, song titles can change, like I had "The Fear" as "I Don't Know" but the name was changed upon its release, so this is what was done with this song.
Secondly, the song is about her ready for her mate to say, "I love you," but she wasn't sure if she'd be ready to say the same back. She then realises she does love him and tells him.