"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.
Listening, learning
And feel the world turning
And tasting all the smells
As our flesh is burning
I wish I could see it from a dizzying height
I wish I could see you seeing me tonight
And it's a new kind of love when you get touched by his glove
And you get blinded by the flash photo picture of
Picture of, your new master
And your heart starts to beat a little faster
America wakes up to a brand new morning
As he appears in the night' skies without warning
And it's a new day's dawn and the thrill is never gone
And there's a fire sign burning like hell on my lawn
And now it's getting exciting the interest has peaked
He's gonna take us down to play a little hide and seek
Here it goes
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
It's the end of times and of the conversation
And everybody clinging to their soul salvation
I find all their pleas for mercy so annoying
Hello, destructor I'm yours for the destroying
Now he's an evil trend setter he's a heavy heavy petter
When you lose one of your senses all the others get better
It's the natural selection, the synthetic horn section
He lives to astound
Take it down
Take it down
Here it goes
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Magic eyes and hocus-pocus
And now our blur is clearer than our focus
And now we're getting our just desserts
Because the music hurts, but the music hurts, hurts
Hello, I see you, hello, there
Hello, I see you (Hello I want you to know)
Hello, there (I'm gonna to join the cast of your one man show)
Hello, I see you ('Cause time, it urgently marches on)
Hello, there (Everything's going to be totally cool from now on)
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
And feel the world turning
And tasting all the smells
As our flesh is burning
I wish I could see it from a dizzying height
I wish I could see you seeing me tonight
And it's a new kind of love when you get touched by his glove
And you get blinded by the flash photo picture of
Picture of, your new master
And your heart starts to beat a little faster
America wakes up to a brand new morning
As he appears in the night' skies without warning
And it's a new day's dawn and the thrill is never gone
And there's a fire sign burning like hell on my lawn
And now it's getting exciting the interest has peaked
He's gonna take us down to play a little hide and seek
Here it goes
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
It's the end of times and of the conversation
And everybody clinging to their soul salvation
I find all their pleas for mercy so annoying
Hello, destructor I'm yours for the destroying
Now he's an evil trend setter he's a heavy heavy petter
When you lose one of your senses all the others get better
It's the natural selection, the synthetic horn section
He lives to astound
Take it down
Take it down
Here it goes
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Hello, I see you
Hello, there
Magic eyes and hocus-pocus
And now our blur is clearer than our focus
And now we're getting our just desserts
Because the music hurts, but the music hurts, hurts
Hello, I see you, hello, there
Hello, I see you (Hello I want you to know)
Hello, there (I'm gonna to join the cast of your one man show)
Hello, I see you ('Cause time, it urgently marches on)
Hello, there (Everything's going to be totally cool from now on)
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
Hello, hello hello, hello
Lyrics submitted by fffffffuuuuuuu
Hello! I See You! Lyrics as written by
Lyrics © SWISS CHOCOLATE MUSIC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
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”
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
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.
Update to my original interpretation: on the live album "Absolute Pleasure" Dick Valentine gives some insight to the meaning of the song.
Prior to playing it, Valentine says: "this song is about the ecstasy of accepting Satan as your master."
I think, at least partially, this confirms my primary interpretation (that the song is about some type of supernatural being) and doesn't quite deter the rock star aspect of it. The narrator is idolizing "Satan" like a rock star. However, if you've ever seen or heard a Electric Six live show or seen a Valentine interview, you know how he enjoys to be abstruse and enigmatic. But I'm going to take Valentine's word on this.
This is a strange song (big surprise, right). On the surface it seems like their is some type of supernatural, or extraterrestrial giant or god in the sky destroying planet earth. The narrator is not only wowed by the menace but he seems to have idolized this creature.
But there seems to be this rock star subtext too. I don't know if that means the narrator is idolizing the monster as a rock star or the narrator is idolizing the rock star like some monster.
Good song though.
@hornytheclown I don't see any rock star imagery. It's just their favorite subject, who shows up often.
This is a response to all the Christian "love Jesus" songs out there. What's the opposite of worshipping Jesus? Of course it's about worshipping Satan. Not that Tyler is a "Satanist," he's more of a satirist. The Devil arrives to bring on the end of days, and the narrator is thoroughly in the "camp of the bad guys." But it's not all good, since "the music hurts." However everything will be totally cool. So he's got that going for him.