"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.
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The pleasure part
The after thought
The missing stone
In the graveyard
The time we have
The task at hand
The love it takes
To become a man
The dust at dawn
Is rained upon
Attaches itself
To everyone
No one is spared
No one is clean
It travels places
You've never been
Or seen before
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
The pleasure part
The after shock
The moment that
It takes the fall apart
The time we have
The task at hand
The love it takes
To destroy a man
The ecstasy
The being free
That big black cloud
Over you and me
And after that
The upward fall
And worry angels
After all
I don't know
I don't know
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
The night starts here (the scaling thought)
The night starts here (the after shock)
Forget your name (the moment that)
Forget your fear (it takes the fall apart)
The night starts here (the time we have)
The night starts here (the task at hand)
Forget your name (the love it takes)
Forget your fear (to destroy a man)
You drop a coin (the ecstasy)
Into the sea (the being free)
And shout out, (that big black cloud)
"Please come back to me!" (over you and me)
You name your child (and after that)
After your fear (the upward fall)
And tell them, (and worry angels)
"I have brought you here." (after all)
The night starts here (I don't know)
The night starts here (I don't know)
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here (I don't know)
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The pleasure part
The after thought
The missing stone
In the graveyard
The time we have
The task at hand
The love it takes
To become a man
The dust at dawn
Is rained upon
Attaches itself
To everyone
No one is spared
No one is clean
It travels places
You've never been
Or seen before
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
The pleasure part
The after shock
The moment that
It takes the fall apart
The time we have
The task at hand
The love it takes
To destroy a man
The ecstasy
The being free
That big black cloud
Over you and me
And after that
The upward fall
And worry angels
After all
I don't know
I don't know
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
The night starts here (the scaling thought)
The night starts here (the after shock)
Forget your name (the moment that)
Forget your fear (it takes the fall apart)
The night starts here (the time we have)
The night starts here (the task at hand)
Forget your name (the love it takes)
Forget your fear (to destroy a man)
You drop a coin (the ecstasy)
Into the sea (the being free)
And shout out, (that big black cloud)
"Please come back to me!" (over you and me)
You name your child (and after that)
After your fear (the upward fall)
And tell them, (and worry angels)
"I have brought you here." (after all)
The night starts here (I don't know)
The night starts here (I don't know)
Forget your name
Forget your fear
The night starts here (I don't know)
The night starts here
Forget your name
Forget your fear
You drop a coin
Into the sea
And shout out,
"Please come back to me!"
You name your child
After your fear
And tell them,
"I have brought you here."
Lyrics submitted by ullberry
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Fast Car
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Lord Huron
Lord Huron
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"
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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/
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
What the hell? How is this not Stars?
Stars is notorious for their instrumentals, for their soft spoken lyrics, that reinforce a message throughout the entire song, the fact that they can captivate you with an entire song.
This song is a beautiful way to start an album honestly.
To go off what Silent-t said, I think it might be. Especially with the album title, and the opening lines that repeat "the night is here / forget your name / forget your fears" kind of allude to this sense of urgency. A "the time is now or never". They might have had sex the night before he left for the war; but I don't think the worry is so much in never seeing her lover again--
but with bringing a child in the middle of the war.
"I have brought you here."
@daylove unique take on the song<br />