"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 think I saw the vision I'd even call it a sign
I'll now ignite the mission yeah to fall in love, not fall in line
Still something real was missing to mix with heat and light
A brand new fuel giving purpose to the ups and downs and wrongs and rights
When all the flames came rushing it was so beautiful
Still I wanted something more to say
As I spread this blaze
So I left that fire
And I started a new one
(and then another one)
So do you think to give up could be better or have you even tried?
The fire you have warmed up to is only gonna burn you up inside
When all the flames came rushing it was oh so beautiful
But I wanted something more to say
While I spread this blaze
So I left that fire
And started a new one
I started a new one
(soak the ground with gasoline, drop the match and let the blaze infect us all)
Seeing this fire burn out of control
I finally feel the warmth of the Everglow
Take a dream light it up and watch it grow
A combustible explosion (explode)
Before you say that a part of you has died
Remember that the fire is on the inside
All you need is to open it up wide
Time for action chain reaction (it's time)
I see the truth rising up in the flames
Oh it burns away at the remains
And it's strong enough to overtake the rain
Bright enough to see the light of day
When all the flames came rushing, well, you know it was beautiful
But you've still got something more to say
For this world today I know that we could change
So let's make a pact to never hold it back
Won't you take that fire with you and then start a new one
Go ahead and then start a new one
Yeah!
We've started a new one
I'll now ignite the mission yeah to fall in love, not fall in line
Still something real was missing to mix with heat and light
A brand new fuel giving purpose to the ups and downs and wrongs and rights
When all the flames came rushing it was so beautiful
Still I wanted something more to say
As I spread this blaze
So I left that fire
And I started a new one
(and then another one)
So do you think to give up could be better or have you even tried?
The fire you have warmed up to is only gonna burn you up inside
When all the flames came rushing it was oh so beautiful
But I wanted something more to say
While I spread this blaze
So I left that fire
And started a new one
I started a new one
(soak the ground with gasoline, drop the match and let the blaze infect us all)
Seeing this fire burn out of control
I finally feel the warmth of the Everglow
Take a dream light it up and watch it grow
A combustible explosion (explode)
Before you say that a part of you has died
Remember that the fire is on the inside
All you need is to open it up wide
Time for action chain reaction (it's time)
I see the truth rising up in the flames
Oh it burns away at the remains
And it's strong enough to overtake the rain
Bright enough to see the light of day
When all the flames came rushing, well, you know it was beautiful
But you've still got something more to say
For this world today I know that we could change
So let's make a pact to never hold it back
Won't you take that fire with you and then start a new one
Go ahead and then start a new one
Yeah!
We've started a new one
Lyrics submitted by tennisplyr3515
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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.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Mountain Song
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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:
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don't know how I feel about mae's recent stuff. Don't get me wrong I love may, DB has to be by far my favorite album of all time, everglow is fantastic too but I just don't know if their new stuff is clicking with me. Their old sound and lyrics kinda went away. I dunno, still support them and excited to hear their new stuff.
oh geez I just said "may" i meant mae. SRY
I agree donnyz. All the fanboys make me sick. DB and Everglow were great but ever since then they have released garbage.
saying that their new sound is garbage is wrong.<br /> do you really think mae is trying to make crappy music?<br /> mae is mae - anything they make they know what they are doing.<br /> and as far as i know from listening to all their albums <br /> Destination Beautiful <br /> The Everglow <br /> Singularity <br /> and [m]orning <br /> they are creating music that will attach to the listener to make them care<br /> its more than just ear candy to them <br /> they want you to experience something and thats something i get from all of mae's CDs.<br /> <br /> thats just what i think.
there new music is far from garbage. Fanboys? Mae has very few of those if any. People love Mae because they write amazing music, and they don't pigeon hold themselves to one style. If Mae went out and released DB2 and DB3, nobody would like them because they wouldn't have grown as a band.<br /> <br /> Don't get me wrong, I love DB and EG, but I think SG is pretty amazing too. Crazy 8s and Just Let Go are two of their better songs. I admittedly have not listened much to (m)orning or (a)fternoon because I just got the latter. I am starting to, and I really like this song.<br /> <br /> I'd say bands like Mae and Anberlin deserve a lot of respect because they never release the same album twice, but manage to keep what keeps them unique. :D
"Take a dream light it up and watch it grow"
awesome line.... I like what they are doing this year for 2009.
This song is baller status
I love that the reference the Everglow.