"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.
When your tears are spent on your last pretense
And your tired eyes refuse to close and sleep in your defense
When it's in your spine like you've walked for miles
And the only thing you want is just to be still for a while
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
When you're overwhelmed and you've lost your breath
When the space between the things you know is blurry nonetheless
When you try to speak but you make no sound
And the words you want are out of reach but they've never been so loud
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
I will stay
Nobody will break you, yeah
Trust in me, trust in me
Don't pull away
Trust in me, trust in me
'Cause I'm just trying to keep this together,
'Cause I could do worse and you could do better
Tears are spent on your last pretense
And your tired eyes refuse to close and sleep in your defense
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too rough
I'll be right beside you
Nobody will break you
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
Nobody will break you
And your tired eyes refuse to close and sleep in your defense
When it's in your spine like you've walked for miles
And the only thing you want is just to be still for a while
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
When you're overwhelmed and you've lost your breath
When the space between the things you know is blurry nonetheless
When you try to speak but you make no sound
And the words you want are out of reach but they've never been so loud
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
I will stay
Nobody will break you, yeah
Trust in me, trust in me
Don't pull away
Trust in me, trust in me
'Cause I'm just trying to keep this together,
'Cause I could do worse and you could do better
Tears are spent on your last pretense
And your tired eyes refuse to close and sleep in your defense
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too rough
I'll be right beside you
Nobody will break you
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
Nobody will break you
Lyrics submitted by killacamk, edited by cleaningpo
Beside You Lyrics as written by Earl Rose Deborah Andrews
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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This song is absolutely amazing.
'Nuff said.
This song is so...wow... It's pretty obvious what it is about. It is about the person who loves the person more than anything and all they want to do is keep them safe, hide them from the pain. They wont leave their side, always there to look after them. They want them to believe that they will care for them. "I will sing Nobody will break you Trust in me, trust in me, don't pull away Just trust in me, trust me
Cause I'm just trying to keep it together Cause I could do worse and you could do better"
This bit is like they are trying to get the person to believe them because it's what is truelly in their heart but the person may doubt them. The singing keeps the person safe, they just need to trust the person who loves them.
An amazing song. I can really relate to this song. It made the person i showed it to tear up slightly :] It does that to me too. I love all their songs <33
This song is pretty ambiguous. The obvious interpretation is about a relationship, but I'd like to think there's more to it than that. When they were asking for ideas for the music video, I was hoping something would come out with an epic mass of people holding up signs saying things like, "My mom passed away of breast cancer three years ago," and the person beside that would then hold theirs up saying, "I'm a recovering alcoholic," and on and on. Meanwhile, the boys could be acting out a relationship scene, with a girlfriend in the hospital, and the boyfriend being (clearly) right by her side the whole time. The line would lead to the girl in the hospital, and she'd hold up a sign saying something like, "I'm in here because of an attempted suicide." After the climax of the song, the people could flip their signs to show a more positive side, like, "And now, I walk for the cure, and have helped raise millions of dollars for cancer research," and, "I've been sober for seven months!" Lastly, the girl could flip her sign and say, "I'm so happy to be alive." or something.
If the video had been something like that, I think it would've been way more meaningful and interesting. It brings in the concept of never being alone, which I like.
But whatever, they went and did a relationship video with Josh being the main guy... sigh.
wow. I really like your idea :)
Well thank you. :) It would've trumped the cookie-cutter "I LOVES YOU!" idea they ended up with. The video could've been so much better.
That would be good idea but its over used and what they did do is over used too I think they should have did something more orignal
This song is amazing and i love the lyrics.
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amazingly beautiful
i love this part:
Cause I'm just trying to keep it together Cause I could do worse and you could do better
And your tired eyes refuse to close And sleep in your defense When you're overwhelmed And you've lost your breath And the space between the things you know Is blurring nonetheless
all the lines like this and stuff lead me to think it reflects on his drug addiction and would be there for someone cause he wishedsomeone was for him or maybe someone did -- i dunno what do u think??
Incredible song. Probably one of my favourite songs.
This song is supposed to be about cancer. =(
Omg I love this song!!!!!' best line is "cuz I could do worse and u could do better" such a gr8 song