"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.
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Well, they said it was time for changing
Rise and shine
Everybody's making it, but you
And they told you to trust your dreaming
But it's hard to believe a feeling
That you just don't know
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
You can try and walk on water
In the end everybody
Walks all over you
No, you don't like the sight of mirrors
Cause you're scared that the face
Will see, will look just like before
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
All I want is you
Let me take you back
Where you once belong
All I want is you
It will be alright if you come along
You were never gone
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Satellites
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Well, they said it was time for changing
Rise and shine
Everybody's making it, but you
And they told you to trust your dreaming
But it's hard to believe a feeling
That you just don't know
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
You can try and walk on water
In the end everybody
Walks all over you
No, you don't like the sight of mirrors
Cause you're scared that the face
Will see, will look just like before
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
All I want is you
Let me take you back
Where you once belong
All I want is you
It will be alright if you come along
You were never gone
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Satellites
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I think the "I" is comforting the "you", but the "you" resents (real or implied?) dependency on "I". In other words, "Don't feel bad that you couldn't make it without me, because I'll take you back."
Amazing song for clubbing. Brings fond memories of Menorca this summer.
I think the song might be about change. I'm not really sure about the metaphor of satellites.. maybe something to do with orbits?
One of the best songs this summer imo
another song of the summer??
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kinda cutee
I think the song is about someone who put everything into and left everything behind to "follow their dreams" only to find out that it wasn't what they expected and that they weren't making it, so they have to start over again with a different goal. I think the vocalist is singing in perspective of someone who was a friend/flame before they decided to go off chasing that dream and she is saying that there will always be a place for the failed dreamer in their heart no matter what happens.
I also don't get the satellites reference, I actually came to this site to hopefully get some clarity on it. My best guess is something like "you couldn't make it as an angel, but you could be a satellite, and they still look over earth like an angel but they're less prestigious"
Tells of a person who tried to do something but failed because she was too good. Even if you walk on water People will still walk all over you if you are too sweet. I think so too she’s singing for herself. She’s left crawling on the floor and everybody around her made it. She’s encouraging herself to start again . For satellite ( be a moon if you can’t be thee sun or the earth ) TRy and uplift yourself