"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.
I try to count the stars tonight
As I look up into the sky
Out of nowhere it appeared
And I let go of all my fears
A man just screamed a sigh of delight
A blazing stream of dazzling white
Warm breeze caress my skin
Holds me close and sucks me in
This black hole, in this black...
So impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet, my heart is full
It’s so impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet, my mouth is full
Enjoy, joy, joy, joy yes
Enjoy joy, joy, joy
Crawling on my hands and knees
Leaves are dancing off the trees
Higher than an aeroplane
Dry my tears, I’ll rise again yeah!
I just saw a shooting star
Out the sunroof of my car
Round the mountains, up the hills
I swear to god this view could kill
In this black hole, in this black hole
In this black hole, sucks me in, in this black…
So impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet my heart is full
It’s so impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet my mouth is full
Enjoy, joy, joy, joy yes
Enjoy joy, joy, joy
Yeah I’ll enjoy, joy, joy, joy
You enjoy, joy, joy, joy
In this black hole
As I look up into the sky
Out of nowhere it appeared
And I let go of all my fears
A man just screamed a sigh of delight
A blazing stream of dazzling white
Warm breeze caress my skin
Holds me close and sucks me in
This black hole, in this black...
So impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet, my heart is full
It’s so impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet, my mouth is full
Enjoy, joy, joy, joy yes
Enjoy joy, joy, joy
Crawling on my hands and knees
Leaves are dancing off the trees
Higher than an aeroplane
Dry my tears, I’ll rise again yeah!
I just saw a shooting star
Out the sunroof of my car
Round the mountains, up the hills
I swear to god this view could kill
In this black hole, in this black hole
In this black hole, sucks me in, in this black…
So impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet my heart is full
It’s so impressive, so beautiful
As fast as a bullet my mouth is full
Enjoy, joy, joy, joy yes
Enjoy joy, joy, joy
Yeah I’ll enjoy, joy, joy, joy
You enjoy, joy, joy, joy
In this black hole
Lyrics submitted by x_hotelpaper
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I love this song. It's really catchy. Temposhark is a pretty cool band. I think this song is about realising how beautiful life is and celebrating this fact. The repetition of "this black hole" is.. (i think) the view of the world through his eyes.
But then sometimes I think it's about him being on drugs and everything becomes beautiful and exciting. lol but i guess that's highly unlikely.
I actually thought that this song was about sex, considering the lines "A man just screamed a sigh of delight A blazing stream of dazzling white Warm breeze caress my skin"
I mean, honestly. What do you think of when you hear that?