"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.
Am I the only one who gets to make you laugh
Laugh until you cry?
Am I the only one who asks you to go
Go on without me?
Am I the only one who loves when you leave
Your hair down in front of your eyes?
And who
Who do you think I am?
And who
Who do you think I'll be
Without you?
Am I the only one who had to dress you up
To see how you fell down?
Am I the only one who needs you to go
Go on about me?
Am I the only one who loves when you leave
Your hair down in front of your eyes?
And who
Who do you think I am?
And who
Who do you think I'll be
Without you?
Laugh until you cry?
Am I the only one who asks you to go
Go on without me?
Am I the only one who loves when you leave
Your hair down in front of your eyes?
And who
Who do you think I am?
And who
Who do you think I'll be
Without you?
Am I the only one who had to dress you up
To see how you fell down?
Am I the only one who needs you to go
Go on about me?
Am I the only one who loves when you leave
Your hair down in front of your eyes?
And who
Who do you think I am?
And who
Who do you think I'll be
Without you?
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"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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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.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
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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.
I see that nobody mentioned more than that this song was to Ed's brother. It was originally about his future wife (they married June 1994), but when his brother died in a motorcycle accident, he changed the meaning. Also, one might think that the song is a solo song until the part where Jim comes in with the violin (?).
i can see that you might think its a solo song but if you listen closely, Jim is playing his bass throughout, and there is a faint shaker in the background. also the chorus includes backing vocals. nevertheless, this song is great if you need to set the mood at an open mic night or any acoustic venue.
This song was written by Ed to his brother...I wrote an interp a while ago which is too long for this but can be found here...hopes this helps :)
angelfire.com/music3/GuttermouthEd/AITOO.html
This song was in Disney Channel’s “Tru Confessions”
He also sang it on tv (rdi i think) while Kurt Browning skated in a stars on ice thing.
It was soooo pretty..(what the...) I mean...good(?!). I had it on tape but i taped over it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! arrg, i hate myself.........it's such a nice song! so simple, quiet, acoustic, soothing.......
Love me and only me, please...
this is the only song i've ever listened to and cried. it was during that disney movie too, tho i'd heard the song many times before. good directing there.
What do you mean Mutant?? Steven Page for president!!!
Wow, wrion, you actually cried? that's so ... unusual. For this song though, I'm not surprised.
Steven Page for President
I love this song!! That's pretty much it!! BNL ROX MY WORLD!!
sarahmansour, i meant that it seemed like a song, that was...well. as if someone was worried that their significant other was unfaithful. but when AgntJello said it was to his brother, i see it different. and wrion, i cried too.