"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.
Against my will
It hurts me still.
It really stings.
They clipped my wings.
What could I do?
Everything's new.
How my knees lock.
How will I walk?
Oh, they clipped my wings.
I will try to act like it's ok.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
I must learn to walk today.
I cast aside
My downy pride.
All heaven's things
They clipped my wings.
I have heard how God sings.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
Oh, the sadness that it brings.
I will try to like it's okay.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
So, I will learn to walk today.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
It hurts me still.
It really stings.
They clipped my wings.
What could I do?
Everything's new.
How my knees lock.
How will I walk?
Oh, they clipped my wings.
I will try to act like it's ok.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
I must learn to walk today.
I cast aside
My downy pride.
All heaven's things
They clipped my wings.
I have heard how God sings.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
Oh, the sadness that it brings.
I will try to like it's okay.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
So, I will learn to walk today.
Oh, they clipped my wings.
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I think that this song is about a person's loss of freedom and them now having to deal with the weight of life's pressures.
Like Cris925, I don't think this song is about gaining independance, rather, losing it. Wings usually signify freedom and being "higher up" (both physically and metaphorically).
I think that on the surface it sounds like an angel who lost its wings. I have a more personal interpretation because I lost a person who was very close to me and this song makes me think of that loss. It was like having to learn how to live all over again because I had depended on this person so much, I didn't know what to do or how to live after they were suddenly gone. But you eventually have to get yourself together and learn to deal with it.
I always interpreted this song as the aftermath of a rape. She's dealing with the weight of something so horrible happening to her ("Against my will, it hurts me still" and "I will try to act like it's okay"). She turns to God for guidance, but she's still having trouble.
I dunno, just my two cents.
I belive this song is about an angel who has had its wings clipped after hearing gods voice, and now has to learn to walk after a lifetime of flying.
I agree with antiques black heart, but I think there's also a theme of learning to stand up for yourself and think for yourself in there.
Wow that's beautiful black heart, I considered it a normal person just having something metaphorical taken away and has to learn to live without it, but your theory is much more beautiful!
In keeping with the certain amount of feminism that tends to run throughout Raspy's songs, it seemed to relate to a woman tied down by a man's world, perhaps if she recently married. Of course, that's all in the ideals of at least 100 years ago (also keeping with Raspian style).
I think it could be referring to losing your virginity as a bad experience..Or maybe to being ridiculed and it breaking your spirit.
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