"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.
Pictures building in my head
Nothing done and nothing said
Talking to me with your eyes
What they say is no surprise
Things are so much different now
But nothing lasts forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
Carry on from day to day
Even when we touch it seems miles away
I know you know I know too
Is it me or is it you?
Things are so much different now
But nothing lasts forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I had a dream that we were through
I can't imagine nights without you, yeah
Looks and fixes can we repair
Talking good and we just stare
Waste of love is waste of life
Save our love from the final knife
Things would be so different then
Our love would last forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
Nothing done and nothing said
Talking to me with your eyes
What they say is no surprise
Things are so much different now
But nothing lasts forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
Carry on from day to day
Even when we touch it seems miles away
I know you know I know too
Is it me or is it you?
Things are so much different now
But nothing lasts forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I had a dream that we were through
I can't imagine nights without you, yeah
Looks and fixes can we repair
Talking good and we just stare
Waste of love is waste of life
Save our love from the final knife
Things would be so different then
Our love would last forever
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
You, looking at me, looking at you
I wanna talk to you
You, looking at me, looking at you
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You Looking at Me, Looking at You [Remastered] Lyrics as written by John Osbourne Mike Willis
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from the chorus, the only lyrics i knew, yea, it seems to be about seeing a girl at a bar at whatever and she's checking you out and you wanna get to know each other.
but when i read the lyrics i realized it was totally different.
it's actually about two people in a relationship who have drifted aparat and for some reason dont even talk anymore and just look at each other. something has gone wrong, things have changed and they just dont talk.
second verse he's talking about how even when they touch theyre miles away, and he says they both know it and wonders whos fault it is (is it me or is it you?) he also reflects on how "things are different ... but nothing lasts forever" clearly about his relationship falling apart.
last verse he talks about a dream he had about breaking up, how much it would suck, how they should try to work at it to save the relationship from "the final knife" and how then their love would last forever.
thats why hes pleading "please talk to me!" at the end.
i think this song is about sharon and him
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I guess it's about seeing a girl and getting the eye from her and wanting to get with her
If my theory is correct, then I can relate to these lyrics super well. there are so many girls i see who i wanna be with, never happens though with the exception of getting with some girl in the moshpit of Slipknot's last Canadian concert in Vancouver
Yeah, i can also relate to this song. Im constantly getting "the eye" from girls but I am way too shy to talk to them... Its like this song was written after me! Anyways, the meaning to this song is very self-explanitory.