"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.
You, you have a face for fashion
For style in the place of passion
A rose in the garden
You, you look like you really meant it
Twisting the knife in my chest
Stamping on whats left
I never was
I never was one for crying
I never was one for tears
The map, the map of the world is on you
the moon gravitates around you
The seasons obey you
But I never was
I never was one for crying
I never was one for tears
No sooner was I born
Than I was dying
What kind of world is this?
Its only a stone for throwing
Looks like an early winter, alright
Looks like an early winter, alright
An early winter, alright
You turned me over
Why, why do you act so stupid
When you know you are always right
Looks like an early winter, alright
Looks like an early winter, alright
An early winter alright
You turn me over alright
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
Alright, you turned me over
For style in the place of passion
A rose in the garden
You, you look like you really meant it
Twisting the knife in my chest
Stamping on whats left
I never was
I never was one for crying
I never was one for tears
The map, the map of the world is on you
the moon gravitates around you
The seasons obey you
But I never was
I never was one for crying
I never was one for tears
No sooner was I born
Than I was dying
What kind of world is this?
Its only a stone for throwing
Looks like an early winter, alright
Looks like an early winter, alright
An early winter, alright
You turned me over
Why, why do you act so stupid
When you know you are always right
Looks like an early winter, alright
Looks like an early winter, alright
An early winter alright
You turn me over alright
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
And it gets too much yeah it gets too much
Starting over and over and over again
Alright, you turned me over
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Fast Car
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Lord Huron
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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"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
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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.
This is the song Tim wrote with Gwen Stefani and she recorded it. The song he wrote about Tom Chaplin is Broken Toy.
not only Broken toy , he wrote also " thin Air , Hamurg song , Try again , fly to me , nothing in my way and you haven't told me anything " all for Tom .... looks like Tom get him all over ...<br /> I'm old fan for keane and I read this for along time ago , you can find also in Wiki this .. <br />
gwen stefani's version is quite different tho... especially 'i never was one for crying' is 'i always was one for crying', changes the whole meaning. i didnt know this was one of keane's songs..?
i think it meanes like the one you love ignor you and just care about shallow things ............ but i heard it's wrote for tom chaplin , about him by tin rice oxley ?
gwen stefani's version is quite different tho... especially 'i never was one for crying' is 'i always was one for crying', changes the whole meaning. i didnt know this was one of keane's songs..?
Love this song. Really captures the feeling of going from a cold wet autumn to a cold wet winter. I really love the lyrics:
"No sooner was I born Than I was dying What kind of world is this? Its only a stone for throwing"
Clearly there is a disagreement with a person here ("you turn me over"), but there also seems to be just a general resentment with life, and the way human history is going.
Also, winter is the "death" of the year. Plants die, the year literally ends. It's "too much" to start over (spring is like starting over). Essentially he asks, iIs it worth it to try and fix this relationship if we're all going to die anyway?