"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.
I never thought I could be feeling this way
Standing here in front of you this perfect day
It's hard to imagine where tomorrow will lead
I'll keep this moment in my heart for eternity
Even through the rain I kept my faith
The will to follow through
And I'll never lose my way again
And it's all because of you
I'm flying high like the wind
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high (so high) ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible ?cos u believe in me
In a world full of strangers, you were my saving grace
You showed me I was not alone
Alone in this place,
No I never believed it that a dream could come true
But if anyone has changed my mind baby it's you
Even through the rain I kept my faith
The will to follow through
And I'll never lose my way again
And it's all because of you
I'm flying high like the wind
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible ?cos u believe in me
It's possible to spread my wings and reach into the sky
Believe that I could fly away when you're by my side
I'm flying high like the wind (yeah yeah)
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible when u believe in me
Standing here in front of you this perfect day
It's hard to imagine where tomorrow will lead
I'll keep this moment in my heart for eternity
Even through the rain I kept my faith
The will to follow through
And I'll never lose my way again
And it's all because of you
I'm flying high like the wind
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high (so high) ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible ?cos u believe in me
In a world full of strangers, you were my saving grace
You showed me I was not alone
Alone in this place,
No I never believed it that a dream could come true
But if anyone has changed my mind baby it's you
Even through the rain I kept my faith
The will to follow through
And I'll never lose my way again
And it's all because of you
I'm flying high like the wind
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible ?cos u believe in me
It's possible to spread my wings and reach into the sky
Believe that I could fly away when you're by my side
I'm flying high like the wind (yeah yeah)
Reaching the impossible I'll never doubt again
I'm flying high ?cos your love's made me see
That anything is possible when u believe in me
Lyrics submitted by ComeBeBadWithMe
Anything Is Possible Lyrics as written by Cathy Dennis Christopher Braide
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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THERE IS ONLY 1 WORD FOR THIS......... RUBBISH!!!!!!
Poor Will. Such a talent forced to sing this song which quite frankly sucks ass. what a waste of an amazing voice. i mean cummon isn't this a westlife reject or something?
Nah its Evergreen thats the Westlife song! This was written by Cathy Dennis, especially for the Pop Idol winner! This is probably the best of the 2 songs! But it isnt exactly good!
why does everyone always talk shit about westlife, if u dont like them ok, but u dont see westlife fans talkin crap about "real artists"as u call them!!! fuck!!!
People talk shit about Westlife, because they are crap. Seriously, I could sit on the toilet and pinch off a knot, and it would have more talent than those ass-clowns...
(Will Young is shit, aswell)
Umm...right. Here I was thinking this was a site to share opinions on songs, not to purposefully seek out music you perhaps don't like and rip it to shreds. And really, what does Westlife have to do with this song and what does anything you're saying have to do with it either? Please, get a life. Will Young's amazing, always has been
And opinions being constructive ones, and sharing what you think the song means (hence the site name, SONGMEANINGS) thought I'd add that.
Dear WunderEnigma: And here I was thinking that the whole point of this website was so that people could share their feelings and opinions about songs, regardless of whether they like them or not. I can't stand ignorant morons like you, who go around preaching about how this site is for expressing opinions, yet the moment you encounter someone whose opinion isn't parallel with yours, you seem to feel some overwhelming urge to condemn said person.
If you love Will Young, then fine, that's your opinion and you're perfectly entitled to that. In the same way, you should accept that there are people out there who are not content with listening to music so manufactured and completely devoid of anything close to resembling talent, or soul or passion.