"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.
Las palabras fueron avispas
Y las calles como dunas
Cuando aún te espero llegar
En un ataúd guardo tu tacto y
Una corona
Con tu pelo enmarañado
Queriendo encontrar un
Arcoiris infinito
Mis manos que aún son de hueso
Y tu vientre sabe a pan
La catedral es tu cuerpo
Eras verano y mil tormentas, yo
El león que sonríe a las paredes
Que he vuelto a pintar del
Mismo color
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
El fuego que era a veces propio
La ceniza siempre ajena
Blanca esperma resbalando
Por la espina dorsal
Ya somos más viejos y sinceros
Y qué más da
Si miramos la laguna
Como llaman a la eternidad
De la ausencia
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
Y las calles como dunas
Cuando aún te espero llegar
En un ataúd guardo tu tacto y
Una corona
Con tu pelo enmarañado
Queriendo encontrar un
Arcoiris infinito
Mis manos que aún son de hueso
Y tu vientre sabe a pan
La catedral es tu cuerpo
Eras verano y mil tormentas, yo
El león que sonríe a las paredes
Que he vuelto a pintar del
Mismo color
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
El fuego que era a veces propio
La ceniza siempre ajena
Blanca esperma resbalando
Por la espina dorsal
Ya somos más viejos y sinceros
Y qué más da
Si miramos la laguna
Como llaman a la eternidad
De la ausencia
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
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:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
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.
ME encanta la cancion y las frases que usa bunbury son secillamente geniales. Me parece un insulto que no comente mas gente sobre estas canciones de Heroes
De lo mejor de Bunbury, la desmitificación del amor.
Al leer la letra si tiene sentido lo que han dicho sobre la muerte de un amante, por lo de" en un ataud guardo tu tacto, y una corona dcon tu pelo enmarañado". Sin embargo tiene sentido tambien pensar que el esta enterrando un amor, algo k fue pero que simplemente no pudo seguir siendo.
Creo que en ambas es aplicable, pues cuando entierras un amor, es como si t sacaran el alma, al igual cuando entierras el cuerpo de un ser querido. La diferencia seria k puedes volver a ver a ese viejo amor algun dia, mientras k si esta muerto literalmente no, pero aun con el vivo las cosas nunca volveran a ser las mismas y kiza nunca mas vulevan a ser.
En ese ultimo caso creo k tiene mas sentido la metafora de quemar su recuerdo, porque es algo que duele, usualmente no es lo k se hace con un fenecido, pero cada kien tiene su percepcion al respecto.
esta cancion se la dedico a AMY el amor de mi vida
ehhhhhh sadie te equivocas, no es por que ya no lo quieran, la cancion (la serie de canciones Bendecida, en realidad) es sobre la muerte de esa persona...
me encanta la canción pero la verdad es que no la entiendo por completo...que intenta decir bunburry cuando dice "no sé distinguir entre besos y raízes?"
y estoy de acuerdo con Andres...creo que la cancion va más allá de una enamorada que se fue, creo que se trata de la muerte de una amante...
me suena a mas como a alguien que amo y prometio amar por siempre sabiendo que a fin de cuentas la iba a olvidar ahora estas en mi lista de promesas a olvidar y recuerda a esa persona con melancolia... le hizo daño y la hizo enojar todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada diciendo lo indicado puedes hacer arder a alguien y ya que pasa el tiempo y son mas viejos saben que fueron algo tontos y solo quedan las lagunas de recuerdos
o eso creo yo jeje
The lyrics for English speakers:
The words were wasps and the streets were like dunes and I'm expecting your arrival. In a coffin I guard your touch and a crown, with your hair tangled wishing to find an infinite rainbow. My hands that are still bones and your belly that tastes like bread, the cathedral is your body. Your were summer and a thousand torments, me a lion who smiles at the walls which I've repainted in the same colour.
I can't distinguish between kisses and putting down roots. I can't distinguish between the complex and the simple. And you are now on my list of promises to forget everything burns if you use the right spark.
The fire that was sometimes your own, but the ashes were always another's white sperm sliding through the spine. We are already much older and more honest, but so what if we look upon the "lagoon" that is called eternal absence.
I can't distinguish between kisses and putting down roots. I can't distinguish between the complex and the simple. And you are now on my list of promises to forget everything burns if you use the right spark.
Seems to me like the speaker is breaking off a relationship, but looking over the comments, there appears to be quite a bit of disagreement over the meaning.
Bueno pues esta cancion me fascina porque me ha sacado de las depresiones mas horribles, es una bakaneria, porke dice que quieres a una persona mucho, pero que igual, no sos bobo, y no vas a kedarte ahi toda la vida. Las cosas cambian, todo cambia, y los grandes amores se van (smashing pumpkins), y así es. Simplemente, adora a la persona, pero la va a dejar ir, la va a sacar, porque simplemente ya no lo quieren, y no se puede quedar ahí detrás toda al vida.