"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.
Deep down I feel it (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Burnin' in my soul (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control (control)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah....)
Sing about a love like this (this, yeah... whoa-oh)
Can you feel it? [echo]
VERSE 1:
Well, if it means callin' you every night
I'm gonna make sure it works out right
'Cause deep down I know you're the one
I will talk 'til mornin' comes
'Cause deep down I know that you're the one (Ooo!)
No one can say I didn't try
Not gonna sit around and cry
When I could be makin' promises - oh!
Feels so good, more than right
I've got a feeling that someday
There's gonna be a you and I
CHORUS:
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
and it won't let go
Oh, I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
VERSE 2:
I'll admit that I've loved many people along the way
It's only natural, so - hey!
I can honestly speak my mind
When I say that I adore you
So send me a sign
Your laugh keeps me on my toes
Lately I've reached an all time low
but you've turned that all around by just being you
You made me think
When I was on the brink of letting go
CHORUS
Burnin' in my soul
and it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
BRIDGE:
I can only hope and pray
That we see eye to eye one day
But it's hard to go against true gravity
Every other word I say is
Your name
I can't help thinking about you, boy
I hope my instincts are so right
'Cause I think I hit the bullseye.....
I feel.....Ooooo.....
Sax solo go!
I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
Control - yeah, yeah
Alright!
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
Burnin' in my soul (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control (control)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah....)
Sing about a love like this (this, yeah... whoa-oh)
Can you feel it? [echo]
VERSE 1:
Well, if it means callin' you every night
I'm gonna make sure it works out right
'Cause deep down I know you're the one
I will talk 'til mornin' comes
'Cause deep down I know that you're the one (Ooo!)
No one can say I didn't try
Not gonna sit around and cry
When I could be makin' promises - oh!
Feels so good, more than right
I've got a feeling that someday
There's gonna be a you and I
CHORUS:
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
and it won't let go
Oh, I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
VERSE 2:
I'll admit that I've loved many people along the way
It's only natural, so - hey!
I can honestly speak my mind
When I say that I adore you
So send me a sign
Your laugh keeps me on my toes
Lately I've reached an all time low
but you've turned that all around by just being you
You made me think
When I was on the brink of letting go
CHORUS
Burnin' in my soul
and it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
BRIDGE:
I can only hope and pray
That we see eye to eye one day
But it's hard to go against true gravity
Every other word I say is
Your name
I can't help thinking about you, boy
I hope my instincts are so right
'Cause I think I hit the bullseye.....
I feel.....Ooooo.....
Sax solo go!
I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
Control - yeah, yeah
Alright!
Deep down I feel it - burnin' in my soul
And it won't let go
I'm losin' all control
I feel it
Baby, you know it's there
And it is so rare
That I sing about a love like this
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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
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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.
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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.