"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.
Home, home in the late, night
And away, away in the half, life
Except Saturdays, crushed by the boring
And played and plagued by the tourists again
When once you had believed it
Now you see it's sucking you in
To string you along with the pretense
And pave the way for the coming release
Alone and prone in the half light
And late, late to the real life
If you find a way into the gold rush
You will stay until the morning
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
Get innocuous!
And away, away in the half, life
Except Saturdays, crushed by the boring
And played and plagued by the tourists again
When once you had believed it
Now you see it's sucking you in
To string you along with the pretense
And pave the way for the coming release
Alone and prone in the half light
And late, late to the real life
If you find a way into the gold rush
You will stay until the morning
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
You can normalize
Don't it make you feel alive?
Get innocuous!
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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
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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.
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Blue
Ed Sheeran
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“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.
You will normalize! Don't it make you feel alive? Get Innocuous... like a factory tape player
this song is about the rat race in NYC (knowing Murphy) and its dirty little habit of turning interesting and vibrant people into mindless automatons through the pursuit of wealth status and 2.5 children.
right on panda, the GTA4 ad is great and this song compliments it hugely. Lets face it the vocals c.4.10-4.30 that set this puppy up but it's the contrast with the murky, distorted vox and almost industrial track that makes it stand out imo.
The only reason I really bovvered to say anything though is because this is Underworld all over. If you like this song and the sound as a whole you should love everything Underworld has done until Darren Emerson left.
Underworld were amazing but I am from Essex
@Manciniyo " <br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in<br /> You bring light in to a dark place<br /> Walking in light, glowing walking in light<br /> Gold ring around you, the hues of you<br /> The golden sunlight of you"<br /> <br /> Big love for Underworld
The song is addictive, I can hardly understand what's said but I like it
yeh it's 'you can't normalise' i think. i think the song is about only having one chance to make it big, to have your fifteen minutes, and if you make it big, it really will only be short lived and then you're faced with the personal struggle of accepting normality again.
i have fuck all idea what these lyrics means but it makes me happy listening to this album as a starter song, albums is A+ btw give it a few tries and ull fall in love with it :]
I can't believe there's only two comments on this song!! This is by far my most favorite song on what is an absolutely incredible album!! I just saw them in New York last weekend with Arcade Fire. They opened with this song and it was a-fucking-mazing!!
I've been familiar with some other LCD SS music before, but the first time I heard this was in the GTA4 TV ad in the UK. Good stuff, great groove to it. Similar to some Underworld in the mid 90s, but still unique.
Also, the very end strings remind me greatly of "Lux Aeterna" from the 2001 soundtrack.
Anyone else notice how the bassline has been pretty much nicked from Kraftwerk's 'We are the robots'? Great tune though.
@mtsvelik: i too noticed the massive similarity :P kraftwerk ftw.
Is it just me that hears.. "you Can normalize" as opposed to "will"... ? I just love how all the songs on this album blend so seamlessly into each other. Love this.