"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.
If you were king
If you were king, you'd set me free
But I'd be too dumb
Well, I'd be too dumb to ever leave
Sometimes it is good
Sometimes it's as bad as it good be
Sometimes it's lost
And sometimes it's right in front of me
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I thank you for the war
I thank you for the Hollywood ending
Give thanks for it all
'Cos life's not as easy as it seems
Sometimes it's a rose
And sometimes the smell is sobering
Sometimes it's a mouse
And sometimes the sound is deafening
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
It feels like it beats you up
It feels like it knocks you out
It feels like a kiss on the mouth
It feels like the saddest song
Nothing can stop us now
Feels like a kiss on the mouth
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
It feels like it beats you up
It feels like it knocks you out
It feels like a kiss on the mouth
It feels like the saddest song
Like nothing can stop us now
Feels like a kiss on the mouth
Kiss on the mouth
Kiss on the mouth
On the mouth
If you were king, you'd set me free
But I'd be too dumb
Well, I'd be too dumb to ever leave
Sometimes it is good
Sometimes it's as bad as it good be
Sometimes it's lost
And sometimes it's right in front of me
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I thank you for the war
I thank you for the Hollywood ending
Give thanks for it all
'Cos life's not as easy as it seems
Sometimes it's a rose
And sometimes the smell is sobering
Sometimes it's a mouse
And sometimes the sound is deafening
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
It feels like it beats you up
It feels like it knocks you out
It feels like a kiss on the mouth
It feels like the saddest song
Nothing can stop us now
Feels like a kiss on the mouth
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
I give it, I take it, I come back for more
I build it, I break it, I even the score
I love it, I hate it, I feel like a whore
It feels like it beats you up
It feels like it knocks you out
It feels like a kiss on the mouth
It feels like the saddest song
Like nothing can stop us now
Feels like a kiss on the mouth
Kiss on the mouth
Kiss on the mouth
On the mouth
Lyrics submitted by RileyLewis
Kiss On The Mouth Lyrics as written by Jeremy Taggart Michael Maida
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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