"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.
Allright, let's do this
1, 2, 3, 4
I want a cup that overflows with love, although
It's not enough to fill my heart
I want a barrel full of love, altough I know,
It's not enough to fill my heart
I want a river full of love, but then I know
The holes will still remain
I need an ocean full of love, although I know
The holes will still remain
And this Swiss cheese-heart knows, only kindness can fill its holes
Love can dry my tears, as pain disappears
I need a miracle and not someone's charity
One drop of love from him and my heart's in extacy
The high that is sending me is most likely ending me
I need a miracle and not someone's charity now
Fill up my heart with love, boy you'd be amazed at how
Little I need from him to feel complete here and now
Stirring within me are these feelings I can't ignore
I need a miracle and that's what I'm hoping for
I need a miracle and not someone's charity
One drop of love from him and my heart's in extacy
The high that is sending me is most likely ending me
I need a miracle and not someone's charity now
Oh babe, babe
My babe
Anybody's love but his will never fill this space within me
Now doctor give me what I need to free my heart from miseryyy~
1, 2, 3, 4
I want a cup that overflows with love, although
It's not enough to fill my heart
I want a barrel full of love, altough I know,
It's not enough to fill my heart
I want a river full of love, but then I know
The holes will still remain
I need an ocean full of love, although I know
The holes will still remain
And this Swiss cheese-heart knows, only kindness can fill its holes
Love can dry my tears, as pain disappears
I need a miracle and not someone's charity
One drop of love from him and my heart's in extacy
The high that is sending me is most likely ending me
I need a miracle and not someone's charity now
Fill up my heart with love, boy you'd be amazed at how
Little I need from him to feel complete here and now
Stirring within me are these feelings I can't ignore
I need a miracle and that's what I'm hoping for
I need a miracle and not someone's charity
One drop of love from him and my heart's in extacy
The high that is sending me is most likely ending me
I need a miracle and not someone's charity now
Oh babe, babe
My babe
Anybody's love but his will never fill this space within me
Now doctor give me what I need to free my heart from miseryyy~
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Title says all. ^_^ She wants love.
Not just anyone's though, someone specific in her life.
I'm wondering how this song even relates to the game though. Heather mentions no love interest (unless she means her father but the song doesn't really convey a family kind of love >_>)
I see this song and wonder how Akira could compose such a poetic and marvelous masterpiece. This has no relevence to the game of Silent Hill 3. I am thinking that this song was put onto the soundtrack because of the style of the song. It is a great way to end a CD!
The woman in this song has a deep yearning for a certain man. I know this is an obvious statement but there is more. He almost deprives her of his love (possibly unintentional, she hasn't told him yet.) I am guessing that they flirt and he is a great friend of hers that she is JUST starting to think of as MORE THAN a friend. She has had past relationships with different people and they all meant nothing (especially compared to this feeling she has towards her "friend") and he is the only person she has ever loved. He is the only one that can fill her, make her. She finally knows love but will he love her?
--Alyssa
I know its probably a stretch but I think it could be about Claudia<br /> and her love of god. 'I need a miracle and not someone's charity'<br /> she could have a warped view of love and maybe even think of it as pity if its coming from a person and not the divine. After all what good is the love of a human when god is eternal and the reason of existence and all that.<br /> She refers to Him. haha I know that could be anyone just thought it worth mentioning.<br /> <br /> Oh and SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS<br /> <br /> Also 'I need a miracle and that's what I'm hoping for'. Her goal all along was to resurrect god.<br /> In the end she even sacrificed herself to birth god after heather trashed her plan.<br /> <br /> Well, just a thought. I don't know why but this just popped into my head after reading your ideas (also makotos) and now I can't look at the song the same hahaha.<br />
another way to read it is that this man she's looking for is the one that could fill the holes the darkness put in her when she was remade and while she dones not know this she can feel it giveing the reasion for her deepressed look thew the game. so she hopes this man could take the darkness ways cause shes tryed her self but can't stop the pain. the high thats ending her could be the loss of her human half and it would see like it would take a miracle man to save her.
Acording to "The Book of Lost Memories", this song is talking about sorrowfulness.
It does sound like a woman is interested in a cirtain man who rejects her, like alyssaelaine said. That could be like Heather and Stanley in the game, exept Heather is a woman and Stanley is a man, so its reversed.
It could also tie in with Heather (and/or Douglas, because this song plays in a scene with him talking about his son) losing a very important person to her. That would explain the sorrowfulness.
I don't know. I'm just sort of rambling.
My opinion doesn't matter much, but I think she wants her father's love above all other love. Since...
(SPOILER!)
Harry died in the game, then Douglas must be the substitute. It's kind of like Heather is asking him to love and care for her until she's old enough to live on her on.
Basically about Sorrowfulness. Yeah I read Book of Lost Memories. God Ms McGlynn has a wonderful voice
Well Heather pretty much is old enough to live on her own seeing as she's able to cope with going out for half the day by herself.
But I really think that the song is indirectly talking about Alessa wanting to feel loved by her mother Dahlia.
Or it could also be about Claudia wanting to feel loved by Lenard as Vincent stated that she was abused by him.
I moreso think it's the second theory as I think that McGlynn's voice sounds simmilair to Claudia's.