"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.
When the rain's blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love, mm
Storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free, yeah, huh
But you ain't seen nothing like me yet
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love
And the whole world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love, mm
Storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free, yeah, huh
But you ain't seen nothing like me yet
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21, edited by leont78, 54m33r
To Make You Feel My Love Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan
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I feel that this was written to someone he love but she's not sure yet of his sincerity.
"I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong"
So in the song he wants to prove his love and would do everything for a chance to prove it. He promised to protect her, be there especially on times of difficulty, promised to make her happy and would even go to the ends of the earth for her to make her feel his love.
"I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love"
I like what you said. That is it exactly.Thank you.
I'm going to go amazingly cliche here and say that it's about some guy confessing his love for a girl.
All the signs are there: the confession and then the situation play and then what they'd do for her.
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who would have thought that bob dylan would have written this, he's a great writer but he's not really known for the love songs and yet here is what i think one of the 20 best love songs of all time
Actually Bob has written many great love songs, some of them are kind of hidden in deep symbolism etc. but theyre still love songs. But I think that this is probably his most straight-forward love songs, and his best other than Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands and Sara. If you like this song then check out Sara, its really beautiful to understand.
classic song about a man telling everything he'd do for a woman he loves...simply beautiful
I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong
^The woman for whatever reason is unsure about loving him back. This song seems to mirror a woman in my life...
man..
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i think that last verse is messed up. its supposed to go:
there aint nothing that i wouldn't do go to the ends of the earth for you make you happy, make your dreams come true to make you feel my love
This song makes me sad. I'm 14 years old and I don't feel like I have a lot of people in my life right now, and most of them think I'm screwing up my life, and this song reminds me of someone I would love to have. I wish someone would just hold me and make all this pain in my life disapear.