"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.
Hot temper with the shortest fuse
You're such a mess with an attitude
You working hard but you're paying more
You never talk 'cause you don't have to
You got a job but you hate the man
Who takes it all like Uncle Sam
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
Out of gas so you walk for miles
To pick me up in your worn out shoes
You never settle or never take too much
You count on me just like I count on you
Kiss me like when I first saw you
Figured out couldn't be without you
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
No one else will do
I want
No one makes me smile
I want
No one gets me how
I want
No one else is you you you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
You're so hot tempered with the shortest fuse
You're such a mess with an attitude
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want I want I want I want
No one else will do
I want
No one makes me smile
I want
No one gets me how
I want
No one else is you you you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I I want you
You and me walking together
Screwing up for worse or for better
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
You're such a mess with an attitude
You working hard but you're paying more
You never talk 'cause you don't have to
You got a job but you hate the man
Who takes it all like Uncle Sam
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
Out of gas so you walk for miles
To pick me up in your worn out shoes
You never settle or never take too much
You count on me just like I count on you
Kiss me like when I first saw you
Figured out couldn't be without you
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
No one else will do
I want
No one makes me smile
I want
No one gets me how
I want
No one else is you you you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
You're so hot tempered with the shortest fuse
You're such a mess with an attitude
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want I want I want I want
No one else will do
I want
No one makes me smile
I want
No one gets me how
I want
No one else is you you you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
I I want you
You and me walking together
Screwing up for worse or for better
You you you you you you you
I I I I I I I want you
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
I Want You Lyrics as written by Kelly Briannne Clarkson Joakim Frans Ahlund
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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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"
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
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@[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.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
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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.
this song is adorable! i love it
i can totally see her sipping some soda pop of 50's drink in one of those 50's swimsuits for some odd reason pahah it just has that carwash feeling to it one of my favorites from the album i gotta sa :DD
"You never talk 'cause you don't have to" <333 definetely
i think it's fair to say everyone's favorite line is "you don't talk, cause you don't have to"
that's cool :)
Such a cute song. Reminds me of a guy I know totally the same...Everything from the attitude to never talking 'cause he doesn't have to :-)
"you never talk cuz you don't have to"
"you never talk cuz you don't have to"
this song is so twee i love it
and yes, it is Duffy towards the middle of the song.
Does anyone get a sense of Jordin Sparks in this song? No idea why, but when it came up on my ipod I thought at first it was her rather than Kelly Clarkson
Clarkson wrote this song with Joakim Ã…hlund of the Swedish alternative rock band The Caesars ("Jerk It Out"). In publicity materials, Clarkson commented on the song's surprising theme. "First, it's not a boy-bashing song, so that's already different for me. Plus, I wrote it, so that makes it even weirder!"