"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.
Colors are what
Keep me alive
Colors are what
To hold in my head
Colors are where my
My old meets new
Colors are where my
My brain finds blue
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Bursts are where
I find a face
Bursts are made
To color me rich
Bursts are blocks
Stickle bricks
Bursts of color
Until I'm sick
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(I only wanted for to see)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(There's nothing in this heart but me)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(Everything you want is not free)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(I'm everything a girl could need)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(there's nothing in this heart but me)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(If everything you want is free)
Keep me alive
Colors are what
To hold in my head
Colors are where my
My old meets new
Colors are where my
My brain finds blue
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Bursts are where
I find a face
Bursts are made
To color me rich
Bursts are blocks
Stickle bricks
Bursts of color
Until I'm sick
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(I only wanted for to see)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(There's nothing in this heart but me)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(Everything you want is not free)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(I'm everything a girl could need)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(there's nothing in this heart but me)
Colors and colors and colors of colors
(If everything you want is free)
Lyrics submitted by seething_SOUNDS
Colours Lyrics as written by Alexis Benjamin Taylor Joseph Goddard
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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