"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.
Don't drink when you're tired
Just watch those gems
They catch everything
Like the light
And what would become
If we never moved
Just lost and loose
Like the light
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
To never come out
Don't drink when you're tired
Just watch those gems
They catch everything
Like the light
And what would become
If we never moved
Just lost and loose
Like the light
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
We'll never come out
We never make any money
Why would we try
Ooh
Bear us away on a wing
On a wing
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
We'll never come out
We'll never come out
We'll never come out
Just watch those gems
They catch everything
Like the light
And what would become
If we never moved
Just lost and loose
Like the light
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
To never come out
Don't drink when you're tired
Just watch those gems
They catch everything
Like the light
And what would become
If we never moved
Just lost and loose
Like the light
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
We'll never come out
We never make any money
Why would we try
Ooh
Bear us away on a wing
On a wing
Hey hey
As she keys you
And she knees you
You wonder how we could ever get back
Why would we
So close to
Stay inside
Scared, locked
We'll never come out
We'll never come out
We'll never come out
Lyrics submitted by txstatekate
Sea Foam Lyrics as written by Elizabeth Powell
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"I had all and then most of you"
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"Some and now none of you"
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I Can't Go To Sleep
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Just A Little Lovin'
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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/
I get the sense of a lethargic husband who completely ignores his wife in his loveless marriage, to the point where she keys his car out of frustration. I'm not sure who the 'we' is referring to though, might be a stretch but the other character could be a fictional one, that he conjured out of disinterest towards his own life, and dreams about escaping into the characters world "on a wing".
For some reason, I get an image of a man who tries to attack his date. She wants to disappear, to go back to when their relationship was simpler and not controlled by lust. She tries desperately to get back inside of her home, kneeing him and trying to scratch him with her keys in order to fend him off.
To me, there are some subtle differences in the verses. Here's my take:
Don't drink when you're tired, just watch those gems catch everything like the light.
Oh what we become, we never move. Just lost and loose like the light.
Hey (hey) as she keeps you and she feeds you you wonder how we could ever get back. Why would we? Stay inside. Stay inside scared and locked, we'll never come out.
Don't drink when you're tired, watch those gems catch everything like the light.
Oh what we become, we never move; just lost and loose like the light...
right... as she keeps you she leaves you. I wonder how we could ever get back. What were we supposed to do? Stay inside scared and locked, we'll never come out?
We never make any money why would we try, oooh, bear us away on a wing, on the wind.
Why? As she keeps you she leaves you now how we could ever get back WHY WOULD WE? Supposed to stay inside, scared and locked, we'll never come out.
We'll never come out.
We'll never come out.
I hear a song about a man and a woman getting together, getting married, and settling into a simple little comfortable life. They make enough money to be comfortable, but everything has been lost in that pursuit of comfort (the gems catch everything like the light). As they fall into their domestic roles (she keeps you, she feeds you) they lose the passion in their relationship (we never move; as she keeps you she leaves you) and the man wonders how they could ever get it back. But why would they abandon this comfort for the pain and struggle of passion? They feel they're suppose to stay inside, scared, locked in and never going out -- both literally (never going out) and figuratively (never leaving the comfortable confines of the roles they've defined for one another).
Guy is unhappily married, locked into a failed marriage, but not brave enough to recognize it is over. He is in love with another women. That woman is the one singing the song, and she knows she will never be with him.