"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.
Oh no, not this time too
I'm the only one you got to use
And if I tell you all this could be
Nothing more than a way to leave you
Would you want me
And now you're sorry for the things you did to me
I want you to know
I feel I was the one who got used and use to
Just about anything you would tell me
But those days are more than over now
Hopeless
That this will turn out better
This isn't want I wanted
I should have listened to them
Go thank yourself for nothing
Its really all you're good for
Every year you wasted
And every half ass offer
I'm the only one you got to use
And if I tell you all this could be
Nothing more than a way to leave you
Would you want me
And now you're sorry for the things you did to me
I want you to know
I feel I was the one who got used and use to
Just about anything you would tell me
But those days are more than over now
Hopeless
That this will turn out better
This isn't want I wanted
I should have listened to them
Go thank yourself for nothing
Its really all you're good for
Every year you wasted
And every half ass offer
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
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"
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Oh no, not this time too I'm the only one you got to use And if I tell you all this could be Nothing more than a way to leave you Would you want me?
And now you're sorry For the things you did to me I want you to know I feel I was the one who Got used and used to Just about anything you would tell me But those days are more than over now
Don't you say you want me stay, now You've got to get away, you've got to get away Go find someone who wants you Someone to pray to Get on your knees to Lay down and please you, too It just won't be me ever again.
Hopeless That this will turn out better This isn't what I've wanted I should've listened to them Go thank yourself for nothing It's really all you're good for And every year you've wasted And every half-assed offer
One of my favorite songs off 'the Meadowlands.' Along with the other twelve.
As a person commenting on this in 2016 (12 years after the comment above), let me just say, "Yes." The Meadowlands is still great after all these years.
when the chorus comes in, the hopeless part, my heart shudders. its amazing.
the song is about a guy who went into a relationship with a girl who treated him like shit, and he got fed up, but now the girl wants him back and he wont take it cuz hes got more pride than that; hes "hopeless that thisll turn out better." its about a guys pride.
for me, its about a guy whos questioning this girl, this girl who comes back into his life. and things once again become complicated and now he realizes that she just used him again yet he finds himself again feeling bad about her and what she did to him. i can relate to this song. its great.
^^^This guy up here is an idiot.
I guess at face value this looks like a song about a relationship, but I really don't feel like that's it at all... it's almost certainly about their departure from their "big record deal" following the shit their former label (Wind Up Records) put them through. Wind Up (formerly known as Grass) was bought out by a guy named Alan Melzter, who took the label in a very "radio rock" direction, and horribly mistreated bands who wouldn't get on board. According to band mythos, The Wrens were on tour and Europe, and Melzter faxed them a new (and glaringly unfair) contract in the dead of night. When they refused to sign it, they were immediately fired and left stranded in Europe.
Another famous legend has it that Alan Melzter was livid when The Wrens refused to sign, and swore he would make the next band through his door superstars "at any cost". Creed was the next band through his doors, and they became famous at any cost.
This song has the GREATEST build up. Like, the chorus should be written in bright red, all caps and underlined. HOPELESS!!! That's right. Find someone else to service you-- I'm done. So freakin' intense.
this song is so great... maybe cuz i love indie, maybe cuz its emo, or maybe because i'm hearing it at the right time. i guess my personal interp. would mirror what everyone else gets out of it...
getting your heart ripped out, feeling the pain, and letting it all out in a retort of anger.
the guy above is scycis on aim. if he doesn't block 'the inferior masses' from IMing him, give him a holler. he is quite elitest in the fact that he feels he owns music that is free to the world to enjoy; songs like the ones above about heartbreak, as if he may be the only one to ever have a song trigger and pinpoint the exact pain he is feeling. f* that. you keep feeling superior and i'll keep enjoying my music.
Which guy above?