"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.
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Undinal, patient957, tillyny, 1Bigdawg, Nmlgc, TomCrown, neeraj1030, Madanmohan, Blake614, importrade, tomslyrics123, ProppJoe
Echoes Lyrics as written by George Waters David Gilmour
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I think people are looking to much into this song when they are speaking about evolution. I don't think it's about that at all. I think it has to deal with what about 75% of all songs are about: Love and more specifically, finding that special someone / soul mate. I'll explain.
First Verse- I think first verse is a metaphor for being completely lost in life due to the fact of having no one and finally finding that one person that means the world to you. They use a marine theme to suggest this. Waters compares a lost/ lonely soul to a sea creature at the very deepest depths of the ocean. I think the sonar "Ping" is like a lost submarine traveling and finally discovering that there is something else out there. This person or thing helps the creature see the light at the surface and swim towards the light.
Second Verse- This one is pretty obvious: this takes us to modern life and spontaneously meeting your soulmate / the one. "Strangers passing in the street / by chance two separate glances meet / and I am you and what I see is me" It seems that these two people complete each other "And do I take you by the hand / and lead you through the land / and help understand the best I can" Once these two meet, it seems that nothing can stop their love "And no one...."
Third Verse- This verse describes how influential this soulmate is to the person and how this person means everything to them, comparing them to the sun. Basically saying that as long as they have them in their lives, they have inspiration and a reason to live and be happy. The final set of "And no one..." suggests that with this person in their lives, nothing causes them to slip into the darkness, instead, to stay awake and see nothing but light "And no-one sings me lullabies And no-one makes me close my eyes"
I could be wrong but I'm not sure if Waters was necessarily sing about evolution. Pink Floyd was out there and dealt with complex themes but they tended to deal with human emotions and contemporary issues.
Oh wow. You just made my night. <3 Thank you for that. :)
I wish I had more votes to give you. Reading your interpretation while listening to the song makes my eyes well up.
@LaFlamaBlanca I couldn't agree more. It's a love "epic" in the original sense of the word. (not Hey Bro! That was epic! -_- ) <br /> <br /> This is a progression of someone searching for who they are and finding it in their new found significant other. <br /> <br /> After 11 years of marriage, some of which I consider less-than-successful, I now have a new found appreciate for my wife. She's proved herself to be the most fiercely loyal friend I could hope for and I couldn't ask for a better companion. The 3rd verse has become my favorite. She is the angel I wake to every day, and the Lord be with the person that ever decides they need to try and take her away from me!
@LaFlamaBlanca I couldn't agree more. It's a love "epic" in the original sense of the word. (not Hey Bro! That was epic! -_- ) <br /> <br /> This is a progression of someone searching for who they are and finding it in their new found significant other. <br /> <br /> After 11 years of marriage, some of which I consider less-than-successful, I now have a new found appreciation for my wife. She's proven herself to be the most fiercely loyal friend I could hope for and I couldn't ask for a better companion. The 3rd verse has become my favorite. She is the angel I wake to every day, and the Lord be with the person that ever decides they need to try and take her away from me!
@LaFlamaBlanca ty<br />
@LaFlamaBlanca <br /> Even in P.F. there were thoughts of 'the beginning of life', everyone has. It was how to put it to verse. This was rather magnificent along with the (Dinosaurs or woman's orgasm?) screaming guitar 2/3 the way through. <br /> The ending, Dave's guitar grinding, 'winding down' your visions... and you're back to (current) realities.