"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 got the message long before you said you knew
There was no chance of us at all
With no velocity and empty headed hard and far too long
I spent two years alone with you
Just when I thought I had forgotten
You came back soft without a sound
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the times we never had right
Inside two years alone with you
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
We could have been
We could have been
Instead of accidental running always running
Why can't you believe
Long winded promises of future company
Up close the sound remains the same
Without the reign of terror over every momentary change
We are exactly as before
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the time I had to forget you
Inside no chance of us at all
There was no chance of us at all
With no velocity and empty headed hard and far too long
I spent two years alone with you
Just when I thought I had forgotten
You came back soft without a sound
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the times we never had right
Inside two years alone with you
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
We could have been
We could have been
Instead of accidental running always running
Why can't you believe
Long winded promises of future company
Up close the sound remains the same
Without the reign of terror over every momentary change
We are exactly as before
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the time I had to forget you
Inside no chance of us at all
Lyrics submitted by walkingonawire, edited by mrfun2
My Favorite Accident Lyrics as written by Joshua Allen Cain Jesse Mack Johnson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Great version of a great song,
i agree with shelbzz. not the best lyrics out there but help get the point through. i love how they sound. the guys are the shit.