"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.
Aesthetic perfection has fooled me once again.
You'll always be the only one who feels like home.
And with your hollow words and your plastic smile,
You have the most beautiful name I've ever cursed.
Yet I wait for you to find your way into my arms.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
Through this dichotomy has brought me to my knees.
You'll always be the only one who feels like home.
And still the season's change and with it does your charm.
Summer's end has come and with it misery.
Yet I wait for you to find your way into my arms.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
You must find a way back into my arms again,
I'd give anything just to feel that warmth again.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
You'll always be the only one who feels like home.
And with your hollow words and your plastic smile,
You have the most beautiful name I've ever cursed.
Yet I wait for you to find your way into my arms.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
Through this dichotomy has brought me to my knees.
You'll always be the only one who feels like home.
And still the season's change and with it does your charm.
Summer's end has come and with it misery.
Yet I wait for you to find your way into my arms.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
You must find a way back into my arms again,
I'd give anything just to feel that warmth again.
And I'd wait here till you find your way.
I would wait here all my life,
I'd spend the rest of my days praying
For an end to this mystery.
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
Marigold Lyrics as written by Cappelli Brooks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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["Aesthetic perfection has fooled me once again."] He is drawn in by her looks, which normally turns out to be a bad idea, but she has come to mean everything to him. And as empty as she seems, he still longs for her, ["Yet I wait for you to find your way into my arms."] He continues to be torn between knowing that she is fake, cold, and empty and the fact that he needs her, ["Though this dichotomy has brought me to my knees,"] he continues to want her back ["you'll always be the only one who feels like home"].
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"your aesthetic perfection has fooled me once again" aesthetic means for show/looks, perfection well, we all know what that means. I think this line is about how she was so perfect, but it was all for show.
i agree with boothx. it's just about my favorite song right now. "And with your hollow words and your plastic smile, You have to most beautiful name I've ever cursed" my favorite line
i partially disagree with boothx, i feel this song isnt about someone not feeling the same, its about the guy wanting his girlfriend back, hence dichotomy which means seperation, so obviously they had something at a point
The best fukken song ever. I just can't realize, why it dies today is not very poopular:(
The best fukken song ever. I just can't realize, why it dies today is not very poopular:(
i completely agree with boothx. when i felt this way about someone this is the only song that related to my feelings
Song for the ex - "With your hollow words, and your plastic smile, you have the most beautiful name i've ever cursed"
worst song ever by them