"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.
A snowy owl above the haunted waters
Poet of ancient gods
Cries to tell the never ending story
Prophecy of becoming floods
An aura of mystery surrounds her
The lady in brightest white
Soon the incarnate shall be born
The Creator of the Night
Deep dark is His Majesty's kingdom
A portent of tomorrow's world
There shall the liquid give Him power
The red-eyed unborn lord
Fatal embrace of the blood red waters
The cradle of infinite gloom
The spell to master this Earth
Carvin' on an infant's tomb
"I will die for the love of the mermaid
Her seduction beauty and scorn
Welcome to the end of your life
Hail the Oceanborn!"
"Disgraced is my virginity
Death has woven my wedding dress
Oh Great Blue breathe the morning dew
For you are the cradle of the image of god"
"Brave now long rest is sweet
With me here in the deep"
"I prayed for pleasure wished for love
Prayed for your - "
"Never pray for me!"
"Who the hell are you for me
But a mortal dream to see?"
"This apathetic life must drown
Forever just for me"
"Leave me be
Leave me be
Leave me be
"From cradle to coffin
Shall my wickedness be your passion"
We shall come to set the dolphins free
We shall wash the darkened blood red sea
Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas
The eternity will begin once again in peace
Poet of ancient gods
Cries to tell the never ending story
Prophecy of becoming floods
An aura of mystery surrounds her
The lady in brightest white
Soon the incarnate shall be born
The Creator of the Night
Deep dark is His Majesty's kingdom
A portent of tomorrow's world
There shall the liquid give Him power
The red-eyed unborn lord
Fatal embrace of the blood red waters
The cradle of infinite gloom
The spell to master this Earth
Carvin' on an infant's tomb
"I will die for the love of the mermaid
Her seduction beauty and scorn
Welcome to the end of your life
Hail the Oceanborn!"
"Disgraced is my virginity
Death has woven my wedding dress
Oh Great Blue breathe the morning dew
For you are the cradle of the image of god"
"Brave now long rest is sweet
With me here in the deep"
"I prayed for pleasure wished for love
Prayed for your - "
"Never pray for me!"
"Who the hell are you for me
But a mortal dream to see?"
"This apathetic life must drown
Forever just for me"
"Leave me be
Leave me be
Leave me be
"From cradle to coffin
Shall my wickedness be your passion"
We shall come to set the dolphins free
We shall wash the darkened blood red sea
Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas
The eternity will begin once again in peace
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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"
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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.
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[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.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Well after sitting and listening through these lyrics 4 time in a row I think I have some interesting ideas, just tell me what you think of my lyrical breakdown.
A snowy owl above the haunted waters poet of ancient gods Cries to tell the neverending story prophecy of becoming floods
(This is Tuomas, the snowy owl before his birth, the poet of ancient gods. He wished to become a man to tell his stories, to shout out his prophecies. But in doing so he became exactly what he hates about this world)
An aura of mystery surrounds her the lady in brightest white Soon the incarnate shall be born The Creater of the night
(this is yet another hint toward himself but as a human. The lady dressed in white, the innocence...his innocence will soon be lost to the man. The incarnate shall be born and his innocence will be gone)
Deep dark is his Majesty's kingdom A portent of tomorrow's world There shall the liquid give Him power The red-eyed unborn lord
(This is the ocean, with which Tuomas has always had a lifelong love affair. The ocean being deep and dark and unexplainable, the liquid shall give him power)
Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters The cradle of infinite gloom The spell to master this Earth Carven on an infant's tomb
(this is Tuomas now fully grown, harkening back to the time of his innocence. The bloodred waters being the ocean, but not the ocean that he is of, but instead the ocean of this world and the depravity of men.)
"I will die for the love of the mermaid Her seduction, beauty and scorn Welcome to the end of your life -Hail the Oceanborn!"
(He would die to gain back the love of the ocean, now fully a man and cast in the image of a man. Welcome to the end of his life as he is now mortal and will one day die. Hail the oceanborn!)
"Disgraced is my virginity Death has woven my wedding dress Oh, Great Blue, breathe the morning dew For you are the cradle for the image of god"
(virginity again being innocence here, death is all around him and he cannot fight it. He visits the sea often to try and reconnect with it like he once was, but he is a man not the image of god like he once felt.
"Brave now, long rest is sweet With me here in the deep
(the ocean telling him he will rejoin him one day, upon his death)
"I Prayed for pleasure, wished for love Prayed for your..."
"Never pray for me!"
(Tuomas begging the sea, the ocean for things that he once had, but when he tries to pray for the ocean itself the ocean rejects him as he is only a man)
"Who the hell are you for me But a mortal dream to see"
(Tuomas questioning his faith in the ocean, as he has been a man far too long)
"This apathetic life must drown Forever just for me"
(The ocean waits to reclaim him as he will die one day)
"Leave me be Leave me be Leave me be..ee eeee... e"
(Tuomas hating the ocean for rejecting him, but still wishing to return to his position of innocence from so long ago)
"From cradle to coffin shall my wickedness be your passion
(Simply the truth, men cannot help but be passionate for wickedness, the ocean being the progenitor of both)
We shall come to set the dolphins free We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas The eternity will begin once again in peace
(Resolution, Tuomas will one day prove the ocean wrong and regain his innocence, even as a man)
In the end the story is of tuomas before he was birthed being a blamless soul and after his birth into the oceans of the world, his innocence is darkened. The ocean represents the evils of the world but also what used to be the goods of the world, more like "Tainted Innocence" and this is what I get from the term "Ocean Soul."
A soul that represents the oceans, and the in turn represents the world. At one time so clean and untainted, but now is darkened and black...stained with the wickedness of mankind. Tuomas wanted to become a man to tell his stories and his poetry but in doing so he lost the innocence. Unable to get it back to the position that it once was he has resigned himself to spend time with the sea and plans to one day return to it and hopes to regain his innocence once more before he dies so that he may return to the position he once held.
Just my opinion, probably not right...just kinda what I get after cross referencing some of his other songs that deal with similar subjects.