"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.
Can you help me out
Can you lend me a hand
It's safe to say
That I'm stuck again
Trapped between this life
And the light
I just cant figure out
How to make it right
A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life
I feel it's gonna rain
For days and days
I feel it's gonna rain
I've tried to figure out
I can't understand
What it means
To be whole again
Trapped between the truth
And the consequence
Nothing's real
Nothing's making sense
A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this, rain like this
Fall down
Wash away my yesterdays
Fall down
So let the rain fall down on me
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
Let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this (so let the rain fall down)
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this (so let the rain fall down)
I feel it's gonna rain like this
I feel it's gonna rain
Can you lend me a hand
It's safe to say
That I'm stuck again
Trapped between this life
And the light
I just cant figure out
How to make it right
A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life
I feel it's gonna rain
For days and days
I feel it's gonna rain
I've tried to figure out
I can't understand
What it means
To be whole again
Trapped between the truth
And the consequence
Nothing's real
Nothing's making sense
A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this, rain like this
Fall down
Wash away my yesterdays
Fall down
So let the rain fall down on me
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
Let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this (so let the rain fall down)
I feel it's gonna rain like this, rain like this (so let the rain fall down)
I feel it's gonna rain like this
I feel it's gonna rain
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
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The Night We Met
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"
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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.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
This song is definitely about life's struggles and a hope for something greater ("Trapped between this life and the light"). The writer seems to see "the rain" as necessary to improving his life and has negative and positive qualities.
On the one hand he says "I feel it's gonna rain like this for days" which has some negative connotations. But sees the value in "rain" when he says "So Let it rain down and wash everything away". The writer has hope in this process and says "I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine". The process completes itself when he says "With every tomorrow comes another life".
Knowing Scott's religious background and he normally is the writer of the lyrics for Creed, one can only assume this song has a spiritual meaning to it. The "rain" may be a reference to God's correction, forgiveness, and ultimately is restoration.
Great album and great song by Creed.
@Rodeojoneswa you nailed it cheers!
To me he is saying, he wants to put the past behind when he says "let it wash it all away" And he wonders if theres something more out there, but is afraid of moving forward and is "stuck" somewhere in between, the rain (the past) and the sunshine (the future).
Danget. I was just about to put these up. I put the lyrics for Overcome up, and I wanted to see how many I could get off of Full Circle.
Anyways, great song. I've seen people say it a lot, but it does have many similarities to Don't Stop Dancing. Out of the two on this album I've heard so far, I prefer Overcome, but this is by no means bad. Definitely can't wait until the album comes out. Just a little more than a month left.
this is definitely about scott asking God for help. it seems that Scott wants the presence of God to fall down on him like rain and just wash away his past. it clearly says: "fall down, wash away my yesterdays". Scott also tries to tell that once the presence of God falls down on him, the he will be able to start a new day and everything will be so clear. "I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine".
Is it just me, or does it seem like he's saying "Can you lend me a hand" in line 2, instead of "Can you let me in?" I'm no expert at this; I'm just going with what I hear.
Yea i think that's what he says there...
I feel it's gonna rain like this for days So Let it rain down and wash everything away I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine With every tomorrow comes another life
→ very positive. love it.
yah, just some quick corrections, no big deal... "can you let me in" is really "can you lend me a hand" "what it means to live on again" is really "what it means to be whole again" Then in the second verse it's "trapped between the truth and the consequence"
Great song by Creed, best on the album. I think the meanings already been explained good enough. Ultimate summer song for me!
This song is really into me. It's like he have a lot of problems, so dark and gloomy, but just let it rain down, because there is hope with every tomorrow.
The line trapped between this life and the light really gets me great song I feel one of there best