"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.
One night to you
Lasted six weeks for me
Just a bitter little pill now
Just to try to go to sleep
No more waking up to innocence
Say hello to hesitance
To everyone I meet
Thanks to you years ago
I guess I'll never know
What love means to me but oh
I'll keep on rolling down this road
But I've got a bad, bad feeling
[Chorus]
It's gonna take a long time to love
It's gonna take a lot to hold on
It's gonna be a long way to happy, yeah
Left in the pieces that you broke me into
Torn apart but now I've got to
Keep on rolling like a stone
Cause it's gonna be a long long way to happy
Left my childhood behind
In a roll away bed
Everything was so damn simple
Now I'm losing my head
Trying to cover up the damage
And pad out all the bruises
Do you know I had it
So it didn't hurt to lose it
Didn't hurt to lose it
No but oh
I'll keep on rolling down this road
But I've got a bad, bad feeling
[Chorus]
Now I'm numb as hell and I can't feel a thing
But don't worry about regret or guilt cause I never knew your name
I just want to thank you
Thank you
From the bottom of my heart
For all the sleepless nights
And for tearing me apart yeah yeah
[Chorus: x2]
Lasted six weeks for me
Just a bitter little pill now
Just to try to go to sleep
No more waking up to innocence
Say hello to hesitance
To everyone I meet
Thanks to you years ago
I guess I'll never know
What love means to me but oh
I'll keep on rolling down this road
But I've got a bad, bad feeling
[Chorus]
It's gonna take a long time to love
It's gonna take a lot to hold on
It's gonna be a long way to happy, yeah
Left in the pieces that you broke me into
Torn apart but now I've got to
Keep on rolling like a stone
Cause it's gonna be a long long way to happy
Left my childhood behind
In a roll away bed
Everything was so damn simple
Now I'm losing my head
Trying to cover up the damage
And pad out all the bruises
Do you know I had it
So it didn't hurt to lose it
Didn't hurt to lose it
No but oh
I'll keep on rolling down this road
But I've got a bad, bad feeling
[Chorus]
Now I'm numb as hell and I can't feel a thing
But don't worry about regret or guilt cause I never knew your name
I just want to thank you
Thank you
From the bottom of my heart
For all the sleepless nights
And for tearing me apart yeah yeah
[Chorus: x2]
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Fast Car
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
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Just A Little Lovin'
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Amazing
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This song is about someone being raped. The first line 'One night to you, lasted six weeks for me' is saying that it may have only been one night, but to her, it lasted almost forever.
(If you think about it, the girl who gets raped is young, so six weeks is a while for her)
'A bitter little pill now, just to try to go to sleep' means that she can't get to sleep because of it, and she take a pill to do so.
'No more waking up to innocence Say hello to hesitance To everyone I meet'
This means that she can never wake up and be that innocent person she was. And that when she meets people she hesitates, because either she doesn't know if she can trust them, or she feels bad about what happened to her and feels uncomfortable around people.
'Thanks to you years ago I guess I'll never know What love means to me,but oh I'll keep on rolling down this road But I've got a bad, bad feeling'
This means that because of him (rapist), years ago when she was raped, she now can never truly have love, because being with a man will scare her, and she'll never truly want to be in a relationship. But, even though she feels this way, she'll keep going through life ('I'll keep rolling down ths road'), even though she will always have that memory of being raped, and that feeling that everyone knows and is judging her for it.
The chorus is her saying that she is going to take a long time to tust people again, and even though someone has hurt her, she will keep going, because even though it will take a long time, she wants to be happy again.
'Left my childhood behind In a roll away bed Everything was so damn simple Now I'm losing my head'
This is going over that she lost her childhood in a rollaway bed. Meaning, she lost her innocence (virginity) in a cheap bed and before it happened, everything was simple and happy, but now, after the experience, she can't think straight, and it's killing her inside.
'Trying to cover up the damage And pad out all the bruises Do you know I had it So it didn't hurt to lose it Didn't hurt to lose it'
Okay, firstly, this verse is all screwed up... It's meant to be... 'Trying to cover up the damage, and pad out all the bruises. To young to know I had it, so it didn't hurt to lose it Didn't hurt to lose it'
Interpretation: She doesn't want anyone to knwo it happened, so she's trying to cover it up by pretending it didn't happen, or hiding the scars. Also, with the too young part, she's saying that she was too young to know about virginity and when she lost it, she didn't know she was losing something she could never get back, so it didn't hurt then.
'Now I'm numb as hell and I can't feel a thing But don't worry about regret or guilt cause I never knew your name I just want to thank you Thank you From the bottem of my heart For all the sleepless nights And for tearing me apart yeah yeah'
She's basically saying that she can't feel anything, like love or anything like that, because of what happened. But she doesn't believe he is guilty, because he didn't know her, and she didn't believe he knew her. Also, this is another good sign of rape, because the two don't know each other, and so it was a sudden thing, not to be repeated. Also, with the thanking, she is having a moment of sarcasm and is telling whoever did it that he destroyed her life and she will never forgive him. (Makes sense?)
Thats my interpretation, and if you have any comments, don't hesitate to reply. I like to get feedback.
Thanks KayteGirl1 xxx
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