"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.
( Storageland EP )
I'm looking up through the telescope lens
I'm wondering where does the universe end
I'll take my clothes off for meteor showers
I'll take my clothes off and climb into bed
But all the stars that shoot in the sky
They're falling in love with the sun
They're falling in love with the sun
You're terribly happy that I came home early
I've fallen asleep in the afternoon
Get under the covers I'll give you some kisses
And we'll lie on the roof and stare up at the moon
But all the dumb cats in my neighborhood
I know they'll get me soon
They'll find a way into my room
Oh tell me a secret and tell me a story
Lets make up plans that will never come true
This is delicious, hey thanks for the dinner
I hear footsteps approaching, I'm hoping it's you
But all the blankets on the bed
They're tangled in heaps around you
I can't get my arms around you
They're tangled in heaps around you
I can't get my arms around you
I'm looking up through the telescope lens
I'm wondering where does the universe end
I'll take my clothes off for meteor showers
I'll take my clothes off and climb into bed
But all the stars that shoot in the sky
They're falling in love with the sun
They're falling in love with the sun
You're terribly happy that I came home early
I've fallen asleep in the afternoon
Get under the covers I'll give you some kisses
And we'll lie on the roof and stare up at the moon
But all the dumb cats in my neighborhood
I know they'll get me soon
They'll find a way into my room
Oh tell me a secret and tell me a story
Lets make up plans that will never come true
This is delicious, hey thanks for the dinner
I hear footsteps approaching, I'm hoping it's you
But all the blankets on the bed
They're tangled in heaps around you
I can't get my arms around you
They're tangled in heaps around you
I can't get my arms around you
Lyrics submitted by biteyrtongue
Telescope Lyrics as written by Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn
Lyrics © TERRORBIRD PUBLISHING LLC
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