"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.
You lost it, you sold it, you bought it, you found it
You broke it, you stole it, you dropped it, you drowned it
You fought it, you want it, you flew it, you sue it
You glue it, you drew it, you float it, you goat it
You shopped it, you flogged it, you taught it, you bought it
You own it, you know it, you blew it, you smoked it
You start it, you loved it, you ate it, you blew it
You green it, you shoot it, you spat it, you flat it
You bought it, you loved it, you missed it, you ???? it
You diced it, you ????? it, you armed it, you watch it
You smoke it, you ????? it, you boot it, you suit it
You wrecked it, you own it, you smoke it, you ???? it
You need it, you bleed it
I thought you ? thought you were gonna sing about it
?
? when you smile
You lost it, you sold it, you bought it, you found it
You broke it, you stole it, you dropped it, you drowned it
You fought it, you want it, you flew it, you sue it
You glue it, you drew it, you float it, you goat it
You shopped it, you flogged it, you taught it, you bought it
You own it, you know it, you blew it, you smoked it
You start it, you loved it, you ate it, you blew it
You green it, you shoot it, you spat it, you flat it
You bought it, you loved it, you missed it, you ? it
You diced it, you ? it, you armed it, you watch it
You smoke it, you ? it, you boot it, you suit it
You wrecked it, you own it, you smoke it, you ? it
You need it, you bleed it
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Keep it going going going, gotta keep it going
Come on John now don't be slowing
Keep it going now, gotta keep it going
Come on John now, gotta keep it going
Come on John now don't be slowing
Keep it going now, gotta keep it going
Keep it going John, gotta keep it going
You broke it, you stole it, you dropped it, you drowned it
You fought it, you want it, you flew it, you sue it
You glue it, you drew it, you float it, you goat it
You shopped it, you flogged it, you taught it, you bought it
You own it, you know it, you blew it, you smoked it
You start it, you loved it, you ate it, you blew it
You green it, you shoot it, you spat it, you flat it
You bought it, you loved it, you missed it, you ???? it
You diced it, you ????? it, you armed it, you watch it
You smoke it, you ????? it, you boot it, you suit it
You wrecked it, you own it, you smoke it, you ???? it
You need it, you bleed it
I thought you ? thought you were gonna sing about it
?
? when you smile
You lost it, you sold it, you bought it, you found it
You broke it, you stole it, you dropped it, you drowned it
You fought it, you want it, you flew it, you sue it
You glue it, you drew it, you float it, you goat it
You shopped it, you flogged it, you taught it, you bought it
You own it, you know it, you blew it, you smoked it
You start it, you loved it, you ate it, you blew it
You green it, you shoot it, you spat it, you flat it
You bought it, you loved it, you missed it, you ? it
You diced it, you ? it, you armed it, you watch it
You smoke it, you ? it, you boot it, you suit it
You wrecked it, you own it, you smoke it, you ? it
You need it, you bleed it
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Oh
Thank heaven when you smile
Keep it going going going, gotta keep it going
Come on John now don't be slowing
Keep it going now, gotta keep it going
Come on John now, gotta keep it going
Come on John now don't be slowing
Keep it going now, gotta keep it going
Keep it going John, gotta keep it going
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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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“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.