"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.
All this fades and reappears
And we will always be everywhere, everything
Dreams tonight
Don't bleed it so white, la la la la
The fragile waves of days
They break against the shore
Of all these years
Don't scream and bite
Don't bleed it so white, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright
And we will always be everywhere, everything
Dreams tonight
Don't bleed it so white, la la la la
The fragile waves of days
They break against the shore
Of all these years
Don't scream and bite
Don't bleed it so white, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright, la la la la la
If all death is as bright
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
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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.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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/
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
The lyrics almost don't even matter when you have a voice this beautiful.
Agreed - Dax has got the most unique voice of my generation, and with Acid Bath screaming??? Incredibly versatile, too bad most people can't get down to the lyrics about death... Well as for a meaning, I would think this is - wait for it - about death! Lol go figure right? Well it seems like death is the main theme with Dax, and really you could relate that to the acid that he did, and how tripping can feel a lot like dying. I see this song as trying to explain that he has died in trips before, and seen what it is like to be dead. As in, "we will always be everywhere, everything". This means a few things - the theory that everyone/everything is interconnected at some quantum level is not at all ridiculous considering the scientific discoveries being made every day. I believe that he is saying that when we die we all go back to the state of being one with God, which is to be everything at once. I don't mean God as in the bearded white dude in the sky either. Like this song says, if death is as bright - like dying is becoming one with "the light" that is everything in existance.
Dunno, I have been to that place before though, and most of Dax's songs remind me of the death trip(s) that I've had.
i think its about the universe. All this fades and reappears and we will always be everywhere everything. basiacaly saying we are an essence as everything else is the trees, mountains, water, grasss. no matter how we die and decay we always stay part of the universe. there is no true death when all we are made of is star dust. dreams tonight don't bleed it so white the fragile waves of days they break against the shore ,of all these years. days are fragile we only poses this physical form for a set amount of time. we cannot excape the death of our physical form. don't scream and bite don't bleed it so white if all death is as bright. death is a very buetifull thing once you get past the fear of it. you only get to experience it once in your life. and no one knows what lays beyong it.
I don't know. I'm only a big fan, and this is to date my favorite song. He makes himself so vulnerable in all of his music, yet in this one when he wails it's nearly pathetic (in a good way i'm thinking, mind you). If it weren't for the main scheme of his (agreeing with BathedInAcid), death, i think he could surely go mainstream in the blues genre, or rather about as mainstream as one can therein. His newest album - Say Goodnight To The World - i'm also impressed with feeling as if he's grown leaps and bounds professionally since his early stuff, yet it seemed there was something lacking liken the way he done this song. I will keep listening to his work because it's stuff like this song that makes me respect him as an artist and not your run of the mill talent out of Louisanna.