"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.
Yo
(Love hurts, hurts) Yo, yo
(Love hurts, hurts) I don't know how to understand you
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) You won't give me a chance
(Love hurts, hurts) (C'mon)
(Love hurts, hurts) Yo, turn me up a little bit
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) I gotta talk to her
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) Yeah
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) Hey, baby
You don't have to have those beautiful eyes
Or that, beautiful skin (So pretty)
You don't have to walk that way (Oooh)
Or be extraordinarily thin (You're the dopest, baby)
You don't have to be a supermodel (Wish you weren't)
To, be my girl (The whole world knows you)
Or would I be a over-indulgence
And just, make you hurl
(What's wrong with me) (Yo)
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah (Why can't I be with you)
Why can't we be, yeah
(You don't know what you do to me, I can feel you all over)
Now look-a-here
Now when I first met you (Damn)
You, you never asked what I drove (You didn't ask about none of my cars)
You told me I was beautiful (Thank you baby)
Girl, and you ignored my clothes (Ignored my clothes)
Heaven only knows, knows, knows (Heaven only knows, the Lord knows)
That you're the faceless girl of my dreams (Yeah)
Hey, but what's so weird (Crazy, crazy)
I've seen you all along in magazines (You're all over the place, baby)
What's wrong with me
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah
Why can't we be, yeah, yeah (What's wrong with me)
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah (C'mon, c'mon; c'mon baby)
How long will it, be, yeah (C'mon)
Every once in a while I'll hear from you
Which illuminates my day (So bright, baby, so bright)
What's so scary I'm not, I'm not in love with you baby
But I'm preventably on my way
If I could remove all the lights from the world
For an, experiment for me
(Let me show you something), you'd learn that
When in the dark, if you use your heart (C'mon, c'mon)
You'd, you'd most certainly see (Look here)
That I'm the one for you
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Ohhhh) (What's wrong with me)
Why can't we be, yeah
I don't get it
You mean so much me
What's wrong, am I too demanding?
Listen
I just wanna feel you
I just wanna touch you
Please be mine (What's wrong, baby)
You'll be my breakfast every morning
I'll eat you (What's wrong with me)
You'll be my lunch, I'll eat you (Why can't we be)
You'll be my dinner, I'll eat you
(Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, what's wrong with me)
What's wrong with me, baby (What's wrong with me)
I'll eat you on the rocks
I'll do it better than any of those (How long will it be)
I'll do it better than your ex-boyfriend
I'll do it better than that bitch you're sleeping with now
I'll eat you (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
What's wrong with me (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Huh, what's wrong with me (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Yeah, yeah (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Hey baby
I'll eat you
I'll eat you
(Love hurts, hurts) Yo, yo
(Love hurts, hurts) I don't know how to understand you
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) You won't give me a chance
(Love hurts, hurts) (C'mon)
(Love hurts, hurts) Yo, turn me up a little bit
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) I gotta talk to her
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) Yeah
(Love hurts, hurts, hurts) Hey, baby
You don't have to have those beautiful eyes
Or that, beautiful skin (So pretty)
You don't have to walk that way (Oooh)
Or be extraordinarily thin (You're the dopest, baby)
You don't have to be a supermodel (Wish you weren't)
To, be my girl (The whole world knows you)
Or would I be a over-indulgence
And just, make you hurl
(What's wrong with me) (Yo)
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah (Why can't I be with you)
Why can't we be, yeah
(You don't know what you do to me, I can feel you all over)
Now look-a-here
Now when I first met you (Damn)
You, you never asked what I drove (You didn't ask about none of my cars)
You told me I was beautiful (Thank you baby)
Girl, and you ignored my clothes (Ignored my clothes)
Heaven only knows, knows, knows (Heaven only knows, the Lord knows)
That you're the faceless girl of my dreams (Yeah)
Hey, but what's so weird (Crazy, crazy)
I've seen you all along in magazines (You're all over the place, baby)
What's wrong with me
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah
Why can't we be, yeah, yeah (What's wrong with me)
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah (C'mon, c'mon; c'mon baby)
How long will it, be, yeah (C'mon)
Every once in a while I'll hear from you
Which illuminates my day (So bright, baby, so bright)
What's so scary I'm not, I'm not in love with you baby
But I'm preventably on my way
If I could remove all the lights from the world
For an, experiment for me
(Let me show you something), you'd learn that
When in the dark, if you use your heart (C'mon, c'mon)
You'd, you'd most certainly see (Look here)
That I'm the one for you
What's wrong with me, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Ohhhh) (What's wrong with me)
Why can't we be, yeah
I don't get it
You mean so much me
What's wrong, am I too demanding?
Listen
I just wanna feel you
I just wanna touch you
Please be mine (What's wrong, baby)
You'll be my breakfast every morning
I'll eat you (What's wrong with me)
You'll be my lunch, I'll eat you (Why can't we be)
You'll be my dinner, I'll eat you
(Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, what's wrong with me)
What's wrong with me, baby (What's wrong with me)
I'll eat you on the rocks
I'll do it better than any of those (How long will it be)
I'll do it better than your ex-boyfriend
I'll do it better than that bitch you're sleeping with now
I'll eat you (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
What's wrong with me (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Huh, what's wrong with me (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Yeah, yeah (Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo)
Hey baby
I'll eat you
I'll eat you
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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"
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
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.
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I think this song was written after 4rell's affair with Jade Jagger