"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.
Just like I predicted, we're at the point of no return
We can go backwards, and no corners have been turned
I can't control it, if I sink or if I swim
'Cause I chose the water that I'm in
Ne jamais devoir choisir
Avoir raison ou tort
Au-delà de mes faiblesses
J'ai la force d'y croire encore
Même si l'amour s'enfuit
J'en inventerai les couleurs
S'il est trop tard pour revenir
Je remonterai les heures
There's no way, the changing
'Cause some things will just never be mine
You're not in love this time
But it's alright
Oh-oh, oh-oh
J'aurai voulu t'offrir le meilleur de tout mon être
Au lieu de partir, entre nous, tout faire renaître
Plutôt que de mentir, aborder nos différences
T'aimer autrement qu'à contre sens
And it makes no difference, who is right or wrong
I deserve much more than this
'Cause there's only one thing I want
If it's not what you're made of
You're not what I'm looking for
You were willing but unable
To give me anymore
Et ce dont je suis fait
Tout entier, je saurai te le rendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre, tout apprendre
What's your definition of the one? Oh-oh
Comment définir l'amour sans toi? Oh-oh
Mais prêt à tous les sacrifices, je refuse celui là
J'aurai voulu t'offrir le meilleur de tout mon être
'Cause these are the waters that I'm in, oh-oh
Même si l'amour s'enfuit
J'en inventerai les couleurs
S'il est trop tard pour revenir
Je remonterai les heures
Et ce dont je suis fait, tout entier
Je saurai te le rendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
We can go backwards, and no corners have been turned
I can't control it, if I sink or if I swim
'Cause I chose the water that I'm in
Ne jamais devoir choisir
Avoir raison ou tort
Au-delà de mes faiblesses
J'ai la force d'y croire encore
Même si l'amour s'enfuit
J'en inventerai les couleurs
S'il est trop tard pour revenir
Je remonterai les heures
There's no way, the changing
'Cause some things will just never be mine
You're not in love this time
But it's alright
Oh-oh, oh-oh
J'aurai voulu t'offrir le meilleur de tout mon être
Au lieu de partir, entre nous, tout faire renaître
Plutôt que de mentir, aborder nos différences
T'aimer autrement qu'à contre sens
And it makes no difference, who is right or wrong
I deserve much more than this
'Cause there's only one thing I want
If it's not what you're made of
You're not what I'm looking for
You were willing but unable
To give me anymore
Et ce dont je suis fait
Tout entier, je saurai te le rendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre, tout apprendre
What's your definition of the one? Oh-oh
Comment définir l'amour sans toi? Oh-oh
Mais prêt à tous les sacrifices, je refuse celui là
J'aurai voulu t'offrir le meilleur de tout mon être
'Cause these are the waters that I'm in, oh-oh
Même si l'amour s'enfuit
J'en inventerai les couleurs
S'il est trop tard pour revenir
Je remonterai les heures
Et ce dont je suis fait, tout entier
Je saurai te le rendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
Même s'il faut tout apprendre
Lyrics submitted by butterflykiss84
Même si (what you're made of) Lyrics as written by Mike Peden Lucie Silvas
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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i think that maybe she chose to go out with him, knowing that it woz prob gonna end n her tears but she did anyways.. den she realised dat maybe he wanted to change but jst cudn... he wanted to commit but was unable. she's askin herself wat she expects of him and maybe even questions herself as to whether or not he woz actually the one for her anyways.. jst my views..!!