"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.
He's in the back of your mind
All of the time
Learn to forget
Lovely forget
When I sit alone,
Think of what you said
Better off just friends
Better off just dead.
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out you
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out you
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark.
He's in the back your mind
All of the time
Learn to forget
Lovely forget
When I sit alone
I think of what you said
Better off Just friends
Better off just dead
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark.
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark
All of the time
Learn to forget
Lovely forget
When I sit alone,
Think of what you said
Better off just friends
Better off just dead.
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out you
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out you
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark.
He's in the back your mind
All of the time
Learn to forget
Lovely forget
When I sit alone
I think of what you said
Better off Just friends
Better off just dead
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark.
And the hardest thing I do
Is wake up with out
When everything falls apart
The emptiness leaves a mark
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Fast Car
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Lord Huron
Lord Huron
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.
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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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.
awww :'(
beautified song!
..it's my second fav keepsake song... just because it's like my love life! ..boy, is it depressing... =\
i love this song so much. i listen to it on repeat. the simplicity of it makes it even more appealing.
"he's in the back of your mind all of the time. learn to forget. love . leave. forget." I'm trying so hard to get over somebody right now, and this expresses so much of what I feel.
good good song.. talk about expressing emotion
its weird. i heard this song in my friends car, and thought it was aweasome, and forgot about it and the band. then my (other) friend said "allison, you would like keepsake" so i got onto songmeanings and looked up keepsake and just picked a song that sounded good (this one) and i was like.. "where have i heard this amazing song before?!" and it really is a fun, fun song. (by fun i mean excellent and not literally fun) anyhoo, its a very expressive song that i dont think anyone has trouble relating to.
i can really relate to this song. the first time i heard it i began to cry... thats how much it affected me. i just love it. you should see them live. they rock!
this song is so incredible. lately it seems that no matter what girl i find she always has another guy on her mind. and i don't know how many times ive been told we're better off just friends. and how many times i thought id be better off dead. it just describes my love life perfectly. 100%
most depressing song ever...