"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.
Basically I'm complicated
I have a hard time taking the easy way
I wouldn't call it schizophrenia
But I'll be in these two here today
If that's ok
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
It's deep how you can be so shallow
An I'm afraid coz I have no fear
An I didn't believe in magic
Until I watched you disappear
I wish you were here
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
You see, everybody is somebody
But nobody wants to be themselves
Ooh
And if I ever wanted to ever understand me
I'd have to talk to someone else
Coz every little bit helps
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
It feels like
The surreal life
But it's still nice
Wish I could live twice
An I still might
If these wounds heal right
I see a lil' light
Even though it's still night
It feels like
The surreal life
But its still nice
Wish I live twice
An I still might
If these wounds heal right
I see a lil' light
Even though it's still night
And I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
And I can go on an on an on
But who cares?
I have a hard time taking the easy way
I wouldn't call it schizophrenia
But I'll be in these two here today
If that's ok
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
It's deep how you can be so shallow
An I'm afraid coz I have no fear
An I didn't believe in magic
Until I watched you disappear
I wish you were here
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
You see, everybody is somebody
But nobody wants to be themselves
Ooh
And if I ever wanted to ever understand me
I'd have to talk to someone else
Coz every little bit helps
An I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
It feels like
The surreal life
But it's still nice
Wish I could live twice
An I still might
If these wounds heal right
I see a lil' light
Even though it's still night
It feels like
The surreal life
But its still nice
Wish I live twice
An I still might
If these wounds heal right
I see a lil' light
Even though it's still night
And I could go on an on an on
But who cares?
And I can go on an on an on
But who cares?
Lyrics submitted by plexus, edited by ChipperSpiff
Who Cares? Lyrics as written by Thomas Decarlo Callaway Brian Burton
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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