"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 have no gun ,
now that i need one
i have no faith
it seems to late
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am superman
and not the
creep
tonight
i have no gun
noT that i need one
i got no dope
my only hope
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am the hero
and not
the
creep
tonight
i have no gun
who knows if i need one
i need no apologies
oh , help me geez
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am the hero
and not
the
creep
tonight
now that i need one
i have no faith
it seems to late
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am superman
and not the
creep
tonight
i have no gun
noT that i need one
i got no dope
my only hope
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am the hero
and not
the
creep
tonight
i have no gun
who knows if i need one
i need no apologies
oh , help me geez
and in the end
i will pretend
that i am the hero
and not
the
creep
tonight
Lyrics submitted by whitepoett
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this is bloody brilliant!!! i absolutely love this, i must say it's your best one yet! the chorus is so clever and, geez, it's just awesome!!!
dude you shuld like be payed to write these
geez,be payd?lol..say that to the labels...lol
dude...when u say creep tonight..and superman..it sounds like kryptonite,the planet superman's from..any coincidence there?..i dunno..it sounds alike..did i strike the jackpot?..lol
you strike the jackpot...lol...i think it's easy to understand that,but lots of people cant get it...i just know a girl who got it at first,just by reading the title....lol...but the meanings is not the planet he is from,dont forget that superman goes sick when he is close to kriptonite,so it's kinda anti-hero stuff....lol
hehe..its kinda straightforward,man..but i like the way u saw how similiar the words sound..creep tonight and kryptonite..
the lyrics are real simple yet real clever! yeh it sounds cool! need 2 hear melody 2 really hear it but it seems really good! gd luck whitepoett seems promisin!
This song is really great, i love the chorus and i know you have writing talent in you Miguel...you rock man.
I actually like the verses better:
I have no gun, now that I need one I have no gun, not that I need one I have no gun, who knows if I need one
...it just sounds so simple and effortless. And exactly how I feel sometimes. Great!