"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.
And it's all in how you mix the two
And it starts just where the light exists
It's a feeling that you cannot miss
And it burns a hole
Through everyone that feels it
Well, you're never gonna find it
If you're looking for it
Won't come your way, yeah
Well, you'll never find it
If you're looking for it (looking for it)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
And you never would have thought in the end
How amazing it feels just to live again
It's a feeling that you cannot miss
And it burns a hole through everyone that feels it
Well, you're never gonna find it
If you're looking for it
Won't come your way, yeah
Well, you'll never find it
If you're looking for it (looking for it)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
Should've said something but I've said it enough
By the way my words were fading
Rather waste some time with you
(Time with you)
(Waste some time with you)
(Waste some time with you)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste my time with you
Should've said something but I've said it enough
By the way my words were fading
Rather waste my time with you
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way my hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
Waste some time with you
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
And it starts just where the light exists
It's a feeling that you cannot miss
And it burns a hole
Through everyone that feels it
Well, you're never gonna find it
If you're looking for it
Won't come your way, yeah
Well, you'll never find it
If you're looking for it (looking for it)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
And you never would have thought in the end
How amazing it feels just to live again
It's a feeling that you cannot miss
And it burns a hole through everyone that feels it
Well, you're never gonna find it
If you're looking for it
Won't come your way, yeah
Well, you'll never find it
If you're looking for it (looking for it)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
Should've said something but I've said it enough
By the way my words were fading
Rather waste some time with you
(Time with you)
(Waste some time with you)
(Waste some time with you)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste my time with you
Should've said something but I've said it enough
By the way my words were fading
Rather waste my time with you
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way my hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
Waste some time with you
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Waste some time with you
(Waste some time with you)
Should've done something but I've done it enough
By the way your hands were shaking
Rather waste some time with you
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Blue and Yellow Lyrics as written by Jeph Howard Quinn Allman
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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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Hayalperest
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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Ed Sheeran
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Ed Sheeran
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
This song is so damn good. I first heard it when me and my mates were sat around in his house drinking, and it just hit me straight away. It's just one of the best written and meaningful songs ever. Very few bands will be able to create anything such as this again. I get many things from this song. For me it could be about love, "You'll never find it if your looking for it". But then again the chorus strikes me as being about friends maybe. "Rather waste sometime with you". I left school and started college a few months ago, and some friends I don't see anymore, or we don't spend time together like we used to. That's the whole part of growing up I suppose, and how life and your relationships with people change. But sometimes when you're on your own or something, sometimes you just wish you could 'waste some time' with your friends like you used to.
I get lot's of things from this song, but this is one of the best ever songs anyone will ever ever heard in my opinion.
This song is just something amazing...Word's can't sum up it's quality