"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.
Well oh baby baby
Don't you want a man like me?
Oh baby baby, I'm just as sweet as anybody could be
Oh baby baby, I want to look to your eyes, of blue
Oh baby baby, it's more than anybody else could do
Well oh baby baby
You know when I see you walkin' down the street
Oh baby baby, well you lookin' good enough to eat
Oh baby baby, I don't believe I've tasted this before
Oh baby baby, I want it now
And every mouthful more of you
Talk about you, yeah
Talk about you
Oh baby baby
You know that I wanted it more
Oh baby baby
I'm about to kiss goodbye to this store
Oh baby baby
It ain't the wrapping that sells the goods
Oh baby baby
I got a sweet tooth when my mouth is full of you
Talk about you
Ooh, you
Talk about you
Yeah, talk about you
Ooh yeah, talk about you
Ooh baby oh baby it's alright, it's alright
Oh baby it's alright it's alright
Well, oh baby, baby
Oh you sting like a bee
Oh baby, baby
I like your honey and it sure likes me
Oh baby, baby
I got my spoon inside your jar
Oh baby, baby
Don't give me too much, don't make me starve
Oh baby, baby
Sugar sister on a silver plate
Oh baby, baby
I need a mouthful and I just can't wait
Oh baby, baby
See the shaking in my hand
Oh baby, baby
Don't mean to fumble but it tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand, ooh
Baby it's alright
Oh it's alright
Ooh, oh, baby it's alright, oh it's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright
It's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, yeah, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, yeah, alright
Don't you want a man like me?
Oh baby baby, I'm just as sweet as anybody could be
Oh baby baby, I want to look to your eyes, of blue
Oh baby baby, it's more than anybody else could do
Well oh baby baby
You know when I see you walkin' down the street
Oh baby baby, well you lookin' good enough to eat
Oh baby baby, I don't believe I've tasted this before
Oh baby baby, I want it now
And every mouthful more of you
Talk about you, yeah
Talk about you
Oh baby baby
You know that I wanted it more
Oh baby baby
I'm about to kiss goodbye to this store
Oh baby baby
It ain't the wrapping that sells the goods
Oh baby baby
I got a sweet tooth when my mouth is full of you
Talk about you
Ooh, you
Talk about you
Yeah, talk about you
Ooh yeah, talk about you
Ooh baby oh baby it's alright, it's alright
Oh baby it's alright it's alright
Well, oh baby, baby
Oh you sting like a bee
Oh baby, baby
I like your honey and it sure likes me
Oh baby, baby
I got my spoon inside your jar
Oh baby, baby
Don't give me too much, don't make me starve
Oh baby, baby
Sugar sister on a silver plate
Oh baby, baby
I need a mouthful and I just can't wait
Oh baby, baby
See the shaking in my hand
Oh baby, baby
Don't mean to fumble but it tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand
Tastes so grand, ooh
Baby it's alright
Oh it's alright
Ooh, oh, baby it's alright, oh it's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright
It's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, ooh, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, yeah, it's alright, it's alright
Ooh, ooh, yeah, alright
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
The Night We Met
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"
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.
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.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
i never understood why this song never got any recognition. i always felt this was one of the better songs off of presence. i love the way its drenched in reverb... really elvis/rockabiliy sounding.