"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.
Are we down for the same cause
We don’t know what we stand for
When the moments start to crack
You do lose track where you head’s at
And I am unreachable
What do you think when your head’s full
We don’t rely on what we get
We begin now where we aren’t yet
One time
Hit me where I turn white
I don’t mean to be polite
Uniform
Spinning the world to the beat of my drum
Uniform
One time
Hit me where I turn white
I don’t mean to be polite
Uniform
Spinning the world to the beat of my drum
Uniform
Reach into the darkness for what you can find
Travel great distance in your mind
The world gets stronger when you start trying
Things turn around towards being born
Away from dying
I’ve lost my kin
There’s no one on my side
Were we to disappear
Well I’d know I tried
You know I tried
You know we tried
End
Shoot me
End
Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me
We don’t know what we stand for
When the moments start to crack
You do lose track where you head’s at
And I am unreachable
What do you think when your head’s full
We don’t rely on what we get
We begin now where we aren’t yet
One time
Hit me where I turn white
I don’t mean to be polite
Uniform
Spinning the world to the beat of my drum
Uniform
One time
Hit me where I turn white
I don’t mean to be polite
Uniform
Spinning the world to the beat of my drum
Uniform
Reach into the darkness for what you can find
Travel great distance in your mind
The world gets stronger when you start trying
Things turn around towards being born
Away from dying
I’ve lost my kin
There’s no one on my side
Were we to disappear
Well I’d know I tried
You know I tried
You know we tried
End
Shoot me
End
Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me
Lyrics submitted by thetoppenguin
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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"
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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/
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.
I love this song.... amazing. I had trouble distinguishing between uniform and beautiful also.... This is like the sickest album ever to come out. If I have to wait like years again for a Frusciante record, I'll go nuts..... The end is the best part of the song for me.... it's like he's begging to be set free, and then there's a super crazy amazing amesome guitar solo. Anyone also wonder why this song "Unreachable" is right before the track "God"
This song is an anthem to free thinkers. We can't change no matter how we are coerced. Stop the torture of impeding free thought and just shoot us all already.
Does anyone have any idea what he is saying when he sings "hit me where I turn white"?
possibly referring to below the belt or below a tan line inferring vulnerability? "hit me where it hurts" type mentality. only a thought
Dmen, I think it is one of the driving points of a 'sub-interpretation' of the album. I see it in 2 MAJOR stories. the more obvious 1) Looking back on love. The more discreet meaning, number 2, is that he took heroine again for some reason but only once or something and this is his guilt of taking it or how many bad memories it induced (see: One More of Me where it reverts back to Smiles/Niandra Lades esque music structure and lyrics)
As far as the line itself, "Hit me where I turn white" Is probably where he used to shoot up all the time/the one time he may have gone back to it for whatever reason.
jbone, that's a completely unfounded interpretation and you're reading too far into your own thoughts rather than what's actually there. just because of the word "white" you assume john did heroin again in real life. even if that was the case, there is not enough within the rest of the song to suggest that argument.
jbone, that's a completely unfounded interpretation and you're reading too far into your own thoughts rather than what's actually there. just because of the word "white" you assume john did heroin again in real life. even if that was the case, there is not enough within the rest of the song to suggest that argument.
It seems to me that this song has a spiritual meaning as does the entire Empyrean album.. this song shows a struggle between the motivations of a greater self and the limitations of the physical mind... "are we down for the same cause" shows his questioning of what hes been striving for vs. what he should be striving for.. there is more out in the world than constitutes the physical plane and thankfully The Empyrean greatly surpasses this physical existance.
I love how even the tracklist has meaning it. Enough of Me (CENTRAL) One More of Me. well those songs sound almost exactly the same, and central, meaning center, is right in the middle of those two tracks. I think he put Unreachable before God because in Unreachable he is talking about being so far gone in your thoughts and maybe the thought of you being the only thing in the universe. God is one track higher, because well a God is always gonnabe something that is a higher power.
I think it says 'the world gets YOUNGER as we start trying' Great song, listening to it now! It's beautiful :)
no its stronger i have the album the lyrics are in the booklet
no comments yet? wow.
this song is bangin'!
Yes jackie you are right, this song is badass
Are we down for the same cause We don't know what we stand for When the moments start to crack You do lose track where you head's at And I am unreachable What do you think when your head's full We don't rely on what we get We begin no where we aren't yet One time Hit me where i turn white I don't mean to be polite Uniform Spinning the world to the beat of my drum Uniform
Reach into the darkness for what you can find Travel great distance in your mind The world gets as you start trying Thing turn around towards being born Away from dying I've lost my kin There's no one on my side Were we to disappear Well i'de know i tried You know we tried You know we tried End Shoot Me End Shoot Me Shoot Me Shoot Me
This song is brilliant, i dont really know what its about but musically and lyrically this song is just beautiful... the solo is crazy
This song is fucking awesome. I absolutely love it. They lyrics and vocals(mostly the vocals in the beginning) remind me of Lennon.