"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.
I miss you now
I guess like I should have missed you then
My body moves
Like curtains waving in and out of wind
In and out of windows
I can't untangle (I can't untangle)
What I know and what should matter most
I can't close an eye, I can't close an eyelid
Now there's just no point, in reaching out for me
In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief
In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief
And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me
But I promise this
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
But I promise this
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
I'll tell you now
I guess like I should have told you then
The thunder moves like damn drawers slamming in my frame
Slamming in my framework
I can't untangle (I can't untangle)
What I know and what should matter most
I can't close an eye, I can't close an eyelid
Now there's just no point, in reaching out for you
In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief
In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief
And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
I guess like I should have missed you then
My body moves
Like curtains waving in and out of wind
In and out of windows
I can't untangle (I can't untangle)
What I know and what should matter most
I can't close an eye, I can't close an eyelid
Now there's just no point, in reaching out for me
In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief
In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief
And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me
But I promise this
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
But I promise this
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
I'll tell you now
I guess like I should have told you then
The thunder moves like damn drawers slamming in my frame
Slamming in my framework
I can't untangle (I can't untangle)
What I know and what should matter most
I can't close an eye, I can't close an eyelid
Now there's just no point, in reaching out for you
In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief
In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief
And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
But I promise this (I promise this, I promise this)
I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need
(I promise this)
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Fast Car
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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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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.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Beautiful song; I think it's about realizing how difficult of a person you are.
To me the artist is singing about themself in a still in a relationship that she is questioning. Perhaps they are back together after a recent break up:
" I miss you now like I should have missed you then." And she is questioning if being back together is something that is more harm than good or if it might work out. She is unable to sleep when she's sleeping next to her lover because she is thinking too much and questioning everything, she cant get relief and therefore cannot offer relief. She is too uptight and uncertain to really open herself or to give any kind of deep affection and emotion to her lover. : "I can't untangle what I feel and what would matter most I can't close an eye, can't close an eyelid...Now there's no point in reaching out for me In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief"
I think she is then conisdering what the end will be like. she thinks her lover will be very confused and have a hard time understanding where she is coming from and will be thrown off that the singer is taking a stand and is strong enough to end things. the singer has always been so passive and seemingly content until now: " And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me But I promise this, I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need I'll tell you now, I guess like I should have told you then That thunder moves like damn drawers slamming in my frame Slamming in my framework"
Thats just a total guess, but i know thats exactly how i have felt in a relationship before. losing my love, losing sleep and being totally void of giving relief or getting any myself.
"i promise this- i won't go my whole life telling you i don't need"
i think thats one of the most beautiful lines on this whole album.
in the song, she could be saying that consolation isn't really her strong point. because she is in the dark herself. she can't give relief to someone else when she can't even provide it for herself.
this lady i know, i think her names Oprah?, once told me that you can't "fix" others without first "fixing" yourself.. wise woman
i think this is sara's best songwriting yet.
I agree with what everyone is saying, but I'd like to add something. I always thought when she said she couldn't give relief, it meant sexually. I feel like she's expressing that she's a very private person, and feels like she can't surrender her body.
Catchiest song of the new album IMO.
Sounds like there's some regret over a hasty breakup?
That first line is so hauntingly good...
I just love the way they sing this one. I'm enjoying this album more than I ever thought I would, it's amazing.
I think this song is about trying to figure yourself out. - "I can't untangle, I can't untangle, what i feel and what would matter most."
Mmmm... I think it's about the songwriter (Sara), ending up wih a relationship that she must have ended but then realizing that even though it was the best choice (maybe because there weren't good togehter or the didn't work), she stills misses the person and she cannot let her go... supposing it's a love relationship.. it's like she wants to go back to te relationship but she knows that she shouldn't and now there's no point coming back because things have changed...
what do uthink?