"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.
So little time, so little time
I'm so frustrated
Some little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time time
To work it on out
(Yeah yeah)
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
I feel I'm stumbling in the dark
Somnambulated
I feel my heart seeking the sparks
I'm praying for love
(Love love)
Praying for love
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
Some little time, so little time
When your heart's been faded
So little hope, so little hope
I'm praying for love
(Love love)
Is more than enough
(chorus)
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
(x2)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah)
Is more than enough
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time
Be acclimated
So little hope, so little hope
And I'm prayin' now with love
(Yeah)
So little time the pace has changed
But I'm still waiting
A thousand years of timeless days
Somnambulating
I'm stumbling wounded in the dark
But I'm praying again for love
Love lov...
Prayin for
Love love love
Simply being loved
Love love
(chorus)
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah)
Is more than enough
Some little joy some little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time
So frustrated
So little hope, so little hope
And I'm praying still for love
Love
(Yeah)
Praying for love
So little hope, so little time
It's so frustrating
I feel I'm stumbling in the dark
Somnambulated
I feel my heart's again - the sparks
But I'm praying again for love
(Yeah)
(Yeah yeah)
I'm in love
(Yeah yeah)
To simply be...
(Yeah yeah)
I'm in love
Yeah yeah!
Si...
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
(x2)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
Yeah
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Yeah...
I'm so frustrated
Some little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time time
To work it on out
(Yeah yeah)
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
I feel I'm stumbling in the dark
Somnambulated
I feel my heart seeking the sparks
I'm praying for love
(Love love)
Praying for love
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
Some little time, so little time
When your heart's been faded
So little hope, so little hope
I'm praying for love
(Love love)
Is more than enough
(chorus)
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
(x2)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah)
Is more than enough
So little joy, so little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time
Be acclimated
So little hope, so little hope
And I'm prayin' now with love
(Yeah)
So little time the pace has changed
But I'm still waiting
A thousand years of timeless days
Somnambulating
I'm stumbling wounded in the dark
But I'm praying again for love
Love lov...
Prayin for
Love love love
Simply being loved
Love love
(chorus)
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah)
Is more than enough
Some little joy some little joy
It's complicated
So little time, so little time
So frustrated
So little hope, so little hope
And I'm praying still for love
Love
(Yeah)
Praying for love
So little hope, so little time
It's so frustrating
I feel I'm stumbling in the dark
Somnambulated
I feel my heart's again - the sparks
But I'm praying again for love
(Yeah)
(Yeah yeah)
I'm in love
(Yeah yeah)
To simply be...
(Yeah yeah)
I'm in love
Yeah yeah!
Si...
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Simply being loved loved loved
Is more than enough
(Yeah yeah)
(x2)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
(Yeah yeah)
Simply being loved
Yeah
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Simply being loved
Is more than enough
Yeah...
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Somnambulist Lyrics as written by Brian Wayne Transeau
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