"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.
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
(Repeat until the end [= )
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
Oh you crawled out of the sea
Straight into my arms,
Straight into my arms
(Repeat until the end [= )
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
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.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
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/
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“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.
I took it as the Atheist counterpart to the general lyric of "You fell from the stars, straight into my arms." Also worth mentioning the lyrics by her then beau, the Fink gent from noah and the whale, "if you don't believe in god, how can you believe in love?, when were all just matter, that will one day scatter, until peaceful, the world lays us down." Just a thought. Pretty song. Both of them are in fact.
That makes a lot of sense! I'd say that's exactly right.
This song is so lovely, and I agree, simplicity. I think it's about evolution, if that makes sense, when creatures began to crawl out of the sea. It's as if this person she sings about was, not "created for her", but since the beginning of everything they were just meant to be. It sounds cheesy, but then that's why Laura Marling phrased it differently :p
this song haunts me, but i really love it.
This is a great song.
I'm surprised I like this song. There's something amazing about it which I can't quite put my finger on. I think it's beauty, is it's simplicity.
Love this one.
this song is about being made for each other and is very nice sentiment at least that i get from it
I think that it's significant that this follows "Cross Your Fingers". In "Cross Your Fingers", she says "on my word you'll give up your whole life for me and you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger", so in "Crawled Out of the Sea", to say that this person "crawled out of the sea" straight into her arms refers to how she made the person become reborn for her sake. Him emerging "bigger and stronger" follows the theme of evolution as well.
i can't place it but i'm sure the music to this is from another song something from the 60s maybe. the drums especially!
thought the lyrics went something like: "are you crying... over me, over me..."
gives me chills everytime i hear this song.
the first time i listened to this it reminded me of The Little Mermaid. but not the watered down disney crap. the actual somber story. but now that i read the other comments, the idea with the evolution makes perfect sense. i love it.