"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.
I saw your eyes
And you made me smile
For a little while
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes
And they touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes (I saw your eyes, I saw your eyes)
And you made me cry (and you made me cry, and you made me cry)
And for a little while (a little while, a little while)
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
And you made me smile
For a little while
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes
And they touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes (I saw your eyes, I saw your eyes)
And you made me cry (and you made me cry, and you made me cry)
And for a little while (a little while, a little while)
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Space Age Love Song Lyrics as written by Francis Maudsley Alister Score
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Fast Car
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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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“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.
their best song by far.
This song is SOOO much better than the more popular "I Ran."
This is a great song. For me it's talking about a guy who meets a woman, and although they can't be together, for the brief time they had together she really affected him, in that he began falling in love with her. Although he didn't fall completely in love with her, he was falling in love with her.
@clutchness the only reason they can’t be together is because he doesn’t want to be with her. And he tries to make her feel like it’s her fault but it isn’t.
I love the way it sounds like a 'typical' 80s song. It's so perfect..
@th3gh05t
@th3gh05t
@th3gh05t <br /> <br /> The most beautiful thing about 80s synth pop is the emotion, new age dance is all about energy and being fast etc<br /> <br /> This music engages the listener<br /> <br /> I am tragically struck by a love I that has broken my heart, this kind of music is the sound of a saving grace, message with a meaning <br /> <br /> ✌
I really hated songs like this one, until I ran ;) into GTA VC and VCS. Great love song.
This is one of my favorite song's by A Flock Of Seagulls
great song ! probably my favorite too !
one of my faves also
Song is about pure teenage infatuation or puppy love. Finding someone beautiful in your eyes, getting the butterflies, constantly thinking of someone. Not true love of course but more infatuation. It's a very strong feeling that sadly doesn't last.
This is like the best songs of the 80s and maybe one of the best love songs ever. I remeber listening it all day in July 2014, I was in love with my crush, so much in love, i still love that little bitch :'3 It was a moment of great depression, that ultimately ended with me getting in a long distance relationship though social networks with a girl I had never seen: biggest mistakes of my life. Two months of pure love, pure infatuation followed, my only relationship in 20 years of life and I was so crushed when it ended, we only saw once, but what a ride of joy and terror!