"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.
Well, we were living on the promise land
We were collectors and traders of distance and hours
We would pierce and paint each other's skin
For the sake of communion, some form of completion
But all the blessings and curses you began to speak
They shook the very ground where I stood
Yeah, it didn't kill me
Just made me think of all the things that could
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me, it just creates a hollowed sound
Thawed me on out, out of this frozen house
Yeah, I found warmth right next to you
But now you radiate from miles away
You've got me melting in my shoes
But I don't belong here, I'm just passing through
And hiding out till the coast is clear
Now you've got me wrapped in your hands and plans
And there's nothing I can do
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me but it's just not helping so
Cut me free, please
Collect me in your absolute beauty
I can't stop sleeping in, I just feel so unclean
Well I can tell you all about your taste in my mouth
Even when I bite through my tongue, it still remains
Throughout "good morning" messages, the way I reminisce
I was only holding out for summer but it never came
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me but it's just not helping so
Cut me free, please
What a disappointment I turned out to be
Had all those years of practice and now we're noth
We were collectors and traders of distance and hours
We would pierce and paint each other's skin
For the sake of communion, some form of completion
But all the blessings and curses you began to speak
They shook the very ground where I stood
Yeah, it didn't kill me
Just made me think of all the things that could
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me, it just creates a hollowed sound
Thawed me on out, out of this frozen house
Yeah, I found warmth right next to you
But now you radiate from miles away
You've got me melting in my shoes
But I don't belong here, I'm just passing through
And hiding out till the coast is clear
Now you've got me wrapped in your hands and plans
And there's nothing I can do
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me but it's just not helping so
Cut me free, please
Collect me in your absolute beauty
I can't stop sleeping in, I just feel so unclean
Well I can tell you all about your taste in my mouth
Even when I bite through my tongue, it still remains
Throughout "good morning" messages, the way I reminisce
I was only holding out for summer but it never came
You grow a lot of love, I'm always running out
And you keep trying to force feed me but it's just not helping so
Cut me free, please
What a disappointment I turned out to be
Had all those years of practice and now we're noth
Lyrics submitted by peonyandocean, edited by akimika
(Don't) Come Closer [feat. Jaclyn Heuser] Lyrics as written by Nicholas Miura
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
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.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
lovely song