"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.
here we go around the world
we spin around on the turnstiles
we create
here we are in caravan
blinders up high were the dreamers
and don't forget you're the only one
(you're the only one)
you hold your kite on a string
don't sleep too long
cause everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
here we are in candyland
one million dreams are realizing everyday
here we are in apples corps
four million feet walk right by me everyday
here we are in old New York
ten million eyes stare right through me
and don't forget you're not the only one
(not the only one)
who turned your life all around?
we spin around on the turnstiles
we create
here we are in caravan
blinders up high were the dreamers
and don't forget you're the only one
(you're the only one)
you hold your kite on a string
don't sleep too long
cause everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
here we are in candyland
one million dreams are realizing everyday
here we are in apples corps
four million feet walk right by me everyday
here we are in old New York
ten million eyes stare right through me
and don't forget you're not the only one
(not the only one)
who turned your life all around?
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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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.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
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Hayalperest
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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Yeah if you've ever done acid the entirety of this album relates to the experience pretty strongly. Holding your kite on a string? Your mind on acid is so elevated, but you're still tethered to reality. Gotta come back to Earth.
Pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
Being on acid is a nice dream, but everything you'll ever need exists in the world, don't need acid to enjoy it. My interpretation anyway.
So, essentially I think this song is about life and existence.
In the verses song the narrator guides us through his thoughts while he travels around, experiencing the world through his perspective (the only reality we can ever really know). Touring in a van, walking around NYC, contemplating the complexities of existence all while, perhaps, tripping on acid.
And while the narrator acknowledges the importance of these insights and experiences (these dreams), but he also stresses that what you'll find what you really need and what's most important right here, in ordinary everyday life. Acid and psychedelic drugs are great, but don't spend too much time trying to escape the one life you have while you have it.
Also in the bridges he stresses two things in particular:
TL;DR Acid is great, but it's not something to be indulged in all of the time and it's certainly not what's most important.
strawberry fields forever? i get that from this song. about living your life, not just sleeping through it/walking around mindlessly and not appreciating the little things...
i just stumbled upon this song...and it is sooo pretty. i can't stop listening to it.
i just stumbled upon this song...and it is sooo pretty. i can't stop listening to it.
LSD-25
I think this is just about dreams. Dreams are much more beautiful, and incredible than real life. Unfortunately, if we waste our lives dreaming, then we can't exactly accomplish our dreams.
I just get that from the chorus "everything you need is right here."
Last song on the album...although the LSD reference is probably not accidental, I think it's got more to do with where the remaining lead character (Olivia) is, almost 20 years after the earthquake. She's in New York City (the "Big Apple (corps)" now, in 1925, thinking back to everything that transpired before (and after) the earthquake.
Acid.
I'm just going to go ahead any say that it's about self-responsibility.
"and don't forget you're the only one (you're the only one) you hold your kite on a string"
You control your life completely. They remind us to not sleep to long, because there is an apparent reality.
There's probably something else in there about realizing dreams.