"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.
There's no mistakes to be made anymore from you and her,
I sense you're cold.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
And I know that I'll get this in your head.
(We'll fight) We'll lie down on this field,
Time will liberate us again.
(Sunshine) Yea, we'll talk in the grass,
And I know that I'm…
Safe in your room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
Yea the clock stopped years ago.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
Known you so long, love you like a brother,
I have to, so did I,
And I know that I'm…
Safe in you room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
But he almost made me cry.
Don't ever do that again, never end it,
No I cannot watch you die.
You are the best, of the best,
And you're gonna go so far.
There's no mistakes to be made anymore from you and, her, her, her.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
And I know that I'll get this in your head.
Safe in your room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
But he almost made me cry.
Don't ever do that again, it's not worth it,
No I cannot watch you die.
You are the best, of the best,
And I'll love you always.
Safe in your room… (x3)
I sense you're cold.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
And I know that I'll get this in your head.
(We'll fight) We'll lie down on this field,
Time will liberate us again.
(Sunshine) Yea, we'll talk in the grass,
And I know that I'm…
Safe in your room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
Yea the clock stopped years ago.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
Known you so long, love you like a brother,
I have to, so did I,
And I know that I'm…
Safe in you room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
But he almost made me cry.
Don't ever do that again, never end it,
No I cannot watch you die.
You are the best, of the best,
And you're gonna go so far.
There's no mistakes to be made anymore from you and, her, her, her.
Know that I'll always be there for you,
And I know that I'll get this in your head.
Safe in your room, there's no time,
Yea the clock stopped years ago,
Dear friend of mine, makes me laugh,
But he almost made me cry.
Don't ever do that again, it's not worth it,
No I cannot watch you die.
You are the best, of the best,
And I'll love you always.
Safe in your room… (x3)
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To me this song is sort of self explanatory, the opening kind of sets up the meaning of the song.
'There's no mistakes to be made anymore for you and her, I sense you're cold You know that I'll always be there for you, and I know that I'll get this in your head'
Its about a relationship between a guy and a girl ending, 'no mistakes to be made anymore for you and her' like they've messed up so much they can't mess up any more, 'i sense you're cold' like it cant be prevented because the guy just can't take anymore of the relationship but doesn't want to end it. but then best friend of the guy is trying to explain that everything will be okay, and he'll always be there and one day the friend will accept that his friend will be there for him.
The rest of the song talks about how time won't effect the relationship between the guys because they'll always have each other to rely on.
And i sort of doubt that it is about self harm (sorry), since the lyrics say
'Don't ever do that again, she's not worth it, no I cannot watch you die'
Which looks like the guy tried to kill himself over the girl, but the bestfriend is trying to remind him that the girl isn't worth is, and he can't watch his friend fall to pieces and die because of her.
Well you probably think thats rubbish, but this song means alot and brings back some strange memories because it can mean so much to so many people and its such a common thing to happen (well with out the suicide part).