"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.
Save me a place in Hell, where the fire burns brightest
This life is so cold, don't like it in the slightest
Save me a place in the flames away from these fake people
Playin' their head games
Save me a place in the furnace but furthest
From those makin' claims it was always their purpose
Save me a place in the lava
With everyone who ever turned their back on our heavenly father, ha!
Save me a room in the Devil's castle
See me & the Devil in a rap battle
See me show the denizen definitive definition
Of diabolical when DSP rattle
Rattle & roll, see me takin' my place upon the throne
Go fetch me the crown & a Shure microphone
To administer black mass; class is in session
There's a new king of Hell & it ain't Mark Sheppard, what?!
My first decree, raise the heat
Let it rise, burn the underground's feet
Set alight the amateurs & the fakes & frauds
Bring my spit to the boil, it's time to balance The Force
Welcome to Mustafar; you pushed me too far
Time for y'all to see stars & a star upon the bars
While I perfect my craft you spit unfinished drafts
Over hats & click tracks & kick back thinkin' you hard
It's a travesty, reality as it is
Let's do it like the 90s, grimy, get every trapper's eyes shinin'
Put 'em to shame, take your swaggin' to anywhere but the rap game
This is the real shit, upon a real snare
Upon a real kick for real heads everywhere
The DSP & he's hellbent you're hellbound
Let's do it like P.E. & Shut 'Em Down, yeah!
This life is so cold, don't like it in the slightest
Save me a place in the flames away from these fake people
Playin' their head games
Save me a place in the furnace but furthest
From those makin' claims it was always their purpose
Save me a place in the lava
With everyone who ever turned their back on our heavenly father, ha!
Save me a room in the Devil's castle
See me & the Devil in a rap battle
See me show the denizen definitive definition
Of diabolical when DSP rattle
Rattle & roll, see me takin' my place upon the throne
Go fetch me the crown & a Shure microphone
To administer black mass; class is in session
There's a new king of Hell & it ain't Mark Sheppard, what?!
My first decree, raise the heat
Let it rise, burn the underground's feet
Set alight the amateurs & the fakes & frauds
Bring my spit to the boil, it's time to balance The Force
Welcome to Mustafar; you pushed me too far
Time for y'all to see stars & a star upon the bars
While I perfect my craft you spit unfinished drafts
Over hats & click tracks & kick back thinkin' you hard
It's a travesty, reality as it is
Let's do it like the 90s, grimy, get every trapper's eyes shinin'
Put 'em to shame, take your swaggin' to anywhere but the rap game
This is the real shit, upon a real snare
Upon a real kick for real heads everywhere
The DSP & he's hellbent you're hellbound
Let's do it like P.E. & Shut 'Em Down, yeah!
Lyrics submitted by DarkSidePoet
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Fast Car
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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.
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Holiday
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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.
I Can't Go To Sleep
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Named after the volcanic planet from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.
"There's a new king of Hell & it ain't Mark Sheppard..."