"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.
even if you decide not to come,
i will never lose you.
how can you expect me to go with you
when i don't know
who i am
who we are
where i am
where we are?
can't you see where i'm coming from?
i don't want to be the way i've always been.
i guess i never knew you.
i guess it's no use i can't stay here.
is this what you had in mind?
tell me something:
do you care?
do you even know i'm fucking here?
you have betrayed me.
where will we be when there's nothing left?
NOTHING.
where will we be when there's nothing left?
you have become me,
you are all of me,
that's what you said.
i will never lose you.
how can you expect me to go with you
when i don't know
who i am
who we are
where i am
where we are?
can't you see where i'm coming from?
i don't want to be the way i've always been.
i guess i never knew you.
i guess it's no use i can't stay here.
is this what you had in mind?
tell me something:
do you care?
do you even know i'm fucking here?
you have betrayed me.
where will we be when there's nothing left?
NOTHING.
where will we be when there's nothing left?
you have become me,
you are all of me,
that's what you said.
Lyrics submitted by ellen
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Great version of a great song,
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you cant fault neil perry... its the dogs bollocks, it seems like noones heard of them, which is stupid!
have you noticed the song titles have no relevence to the lyrics, thats another ace thing about them...
no. they do that to be "Grind" which i don't really think of them as grind at all
they kinda are, older stuff moreso than the new. music genres are all subjective though
i have no idea why they're so not known. probably cause all they did was put out splits and 7 inches.
in what world are they "not so known" other than the alternative/trendy/mainstream world.
" i guess i never knew you "
awesome.