"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.
So get in or get out before your mom cracks down
Honest, it's a touch, too much to get down
So get up or lie down 'cause either way we're making out tonight
Alone, alone tonight
I put forth the effort to keep you happy for a while
We're two weeks in and here we are again, here we are again
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
I cannot get closer to you
Where do you get off telling me constantly, what I'm gonna be
That I'll be just fine if I cannot be close to you
(To you)
And so you gave me a second chance
It was my first intent to make you believe me
So tell me the way you felt the morning after
Tell me the way you felt, you wanted to hear it, so here it goes
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
If I cannot get closer to you
Where do you get off telling me constantly, what I'm gonna be
I'll be just fine if I cannot be close
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(And I love you too)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
Oh, this place that I am in
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
If I cannot be close to you, where do you get off telling me constantly
What I'm gonna be, that I'll be just fine if I cannot be close to you
Honest, it's a touch, too much to get down
So get up or lie down 'cause either way we're making out tonight
Alone, alone tonight
I put forth the effort to keep you happy for a while
We're two weeks in and here we are again, here we are again
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
I cannot get closer to you
Where do you get off telling me constantly, what I'm gonna be
That I'll be just fine if I cannot be close to you
(To you)
And so you gave me a second chance
It was my first intent to make you believe me
So tell me the way you felt the morning after
Tell me the way you felt, you wanted to hear it, so here it goes
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
If I cannot get closer to you
Where do you get off telling me constantly, what I'm gonna be
I'll be just fine if I cannot be close
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(And I love you too)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
Can't we just agree to disagree? It's a sad thing
(Come on, baby, I don't want to)
And when it's over and done
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
Oh, this place that I am in
I cannot get out of this place that I am in
When every one of your words, they mean nothing
If I cannot be close to you, where do you get off telling me constantly
What I'm gonna be, that I'll be just fine if I cannot be close to you
Lyrics submitted by newwaveclassic
Indiana Lyrics as written by Unknown Writer Michael Goodman
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron
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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"
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.
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/
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Yall are a little wrong on what this song means. It's about a girl that means nothing. A girl that he got easy, and probably is easy.
"I put forth the effort to keep you happy for a while. we're two weeks in and here we are again, here we are again."
he wrote that for a reason, because he only cared enough to keep her happy for just a small amount of time. Again, because the girl means nothing to him.
"I cannot get out of this place that I am in When every one of your words, they mean nothing I cannot get closer to you Where do you get off telling me constantly, what I'm gonna be, that I'll be just fine if I cannot be close to you (to you)"
He's listening to her words, but they go in one ear and out the other. He doesn't care what she has to say, just what she'll give him. Very exploratory meaning? She's telling him off for telling him constantly that he'll be just fine if he can't be close with her.
and so on and so forth, the song constantly conveys a feeling of non-emotion for the girl from Caleb's lyrics. It's one of the songs constantly in my Top 25 Played, and it'll probably remain there. You should all buy the album version off iTunes for this song! and get the new stuff coming out in 2 days!