"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.
Bring back the memories,
This one's giving up on you.
I don't miss giving up on you,
And there's no more time.
Forgive me one more time.
'Cause I don't want you
Away.
Just bury me I am
Away
Whispered warning
Away
Just bury me I am
Away
And not a day has passed,
That I'm regretting.
The window's closed,
And she's not letting me in.
One place, one place slipped away and
Missed call, missed calls
I can't stay too late
She's gone
I will miss her voice, her eyes,
And love's first kiss.
I can't remind you all the time
Bring it back, bring it back
To where we were before
I can't remind you all the time
No, no
Bring it back, bring it back
One place, one place slipped away
Missed call, missed calls
I can't stay too late
She's gone
I will miss her voice, her eyes,
And love's first kiss.
The day is gone
The sky is blue
I know you're all alone
And the sky is blue
Come back to me
The sky is blue
The sky is blue
This one's giving up on you.
I don't miss giving up on you,
And there's no more time.
Forgive me one more time.
'Cause I don't want you
Away.
Just bury me I am
Away
Whispered warning
Away
Just bury me I am
Away
And not a day has passed,
That I'm regretting.
The window's closed,
And she's not letting me in.
One place, one place slipped away and
Missed call, missed calls
I can't stay too late
She's gone
I will miss her voice, her eyes,
And love's first kiss.
I can't remind you all the time
Bring it back, bring it back
To where we were before
I can't remind you all the time
No, no
Bring it back, bring it back
One place, one place slipped away
Missed call, missed calls
I can't stay too late
She's gone
I will miss her voice, her eyes,
And love's first kiss.
The day is gone
The sky is blue
I know you're all alone
And the sky is blue
Come back to me
The sky is blue
The sky is blue
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Ahhh first one to comment on this song. lol. This song is awesome. It is about a break up and wanting to get back together I think. It is great for when you are just out of a break up. It is just awesome how he sings it.
Ahhh first one to comment on this song. lol. This song is awesome. It is about a break up and wanting to get back together I think. It is great for when you are just out of a break up. It is just awesome how he sings it.
this song is really good, and your right, it is about a break up, he wants to get back together but he doesn't. I really like how he uses "windows closed" instead of door or something. It shows that he can still see in, but just can't go in.
i agree its about breaking up, but there is one change for me. The part where he says the sky is blue, well i think he means that he yearns for everything to be ok. so hes tring to convince himself of it...but its not. he misses her
i agree its about breaking up, but there is one change for me. The part where he says the sky is blue, well i think he means that he yearns for everything to be ok. so hes tring to convince himself of it...but its not. he misses her
I love Tyson's voice in this song. It's fuckin' AMAZING! I can't get enough of it.
this is my favorite song of all time. ‘Cause I don't want you Away. Just bury me I am Away Whispered warning Away Just bury me I am Away And not a day has passed, That I’m regretting. The window’s closed, And she's not letting me in.
i think here hes realizeing that hes been messing up and the whispered warnings were the fights and all the times she cried and all the things she put up with. just bury me i am away, i think that means he was to blind to see the warnings she was sending. he was away. "and not a day has passed that im regreting" he realizes now that its over and he regrets how he took her for granted. and like someone said earlier "the windows closed and shes not letting me in" he can still see her and what they used to have but shes moved on. i think him saying the sky is blue means the skys no longer black its blue basically hes not how he was. and he wants to go back to when it was good. hes saying to her that hes changed. im in a similar sit. hopefully she will realize that ive changed and the skies are now blue.
I dont get the tittle of this song... The Cigarette Song?
i remember reading somewhere that this song was written in the time it took to smoke one cigarette, and hence the name.
how do u not get it? u listen to the song and smoke a cigarette
loll thats a nice way to interpret it......