"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.
Your warmth, your warmth
Is so deep
Your gaze
Beams a hole into me
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
Controlling again
You've sucked
All the breath out of me
You'll squeeze
All the life out of me
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
Controlling again
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
You'd rather be
Come gentle, slowly
Down tonight
Is so deep
Your gaze
Beams a hole into me
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
Controlling again
You've sucked
All the breath out of me
You'll squeeze
All the life out of me
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
Controlling again
Controlling again
Unseparated twins
You'd rather be
Come gentle, slowly
Down tonight
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Great version of a great song,
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despite this being a Showbiz-era bside, it's one of my favourites, so everyone should go download and listen to it immediately!
these lyrics are wrong wrong WRONG. wrong. wrong. wrong. wrong.
"controlling again unseparated twins"!!!!
i mean, how does "i'm separated too, you'd rather be" make sense?? the shrinking universe lyrics were wrong too.
"unseparated twins you'd rather be"
this song is about raisa and liz, obviously.
and more about raisa and liz, cause i guess i've left you all in the dark in that aspect. they're the twins in question, although they're not blood-related, they're connected by one common factor, their love of muse. not really a love, more like, i dunno, a necessity, like muse is as important, if not more, than the air they breathe. they're being kept apart by muse though, they hardy ever see each other, and when they do, they're in the direct presence of muse, because when they are together it's a very powerful thing, so they're kept apart unless around muse, because muse obviously "controlling again" controls them, and keeps their weird powers at bay. xx
I can't believe there's only 3 comments, but I guess that's what happens to B-Sides. :)
This song is absolutely brilliant in every way and the chorus is out of control. One of my favorites.
Well being a twin, I can relate to this song. The Cave EP is my favourite EP, this song is brilliant, Kudos to Muse for writing a song about me! This Raisa and Liz story confuses me.... please explain?
Raisa? Liz? Muse controlling them?? "I Love muse More" are you sure you aren't reading this story from the Muse fan fiction you wrote?
Looks to me like this song is about a guy struggling with split personality. A Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde type situation.