"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'm constantly surrounded by a feeling
It came swirling down and crawled beneath my sheets.
It followed me out to the car and to the park
She said "You always make me shake."
I think I found something amazing,
Now it's your turn to amaze me.
You paint the sky a crimson red
You bring the stars to life right from your bed
You always make me feel like July
And I wonder why sometimes.
We'll lay up on my roof at night
And watch the shooting stars fly by.
I'll tell you, "someday I'll take you there."
I love the pretty songs you sing
The way you bring me to my knees
With your paralyzing voice.
I think I found something amazing
Now it's your turn to amaze me.
You paint the sky a crimson red
You paint the stars to light right from your bed
You always make me feel like July
And I wonder why sometimes
Take my words and your time
Feeling empty but always blind
You let the radio play
Our love's deep like the seas
I face the waves as your currents drown me
You sweep me away
Take my words and your time (you paint the sky)
Feeling empty but always blind (a crimson red)
You let the radio play (you bring the stars to life right from your bed)
Our love's deep like the seas (you always makes me)
I face the waves as your currents drown me (feel like july)
You sweep me away (and I wonder why sometimes)
It came swirling down and crawled beneath my sheets.
It followed me out to the car and to the park
She said "You always make me shake."
I think I found something amazing,
Now it's your turn to amaze me.
You paint the sky a crimson red
You bring the stars to life right from your bed
You always make me feel like July
And I wonder why sometimes.
We'll lay up on my roof at night
And watch the shooting stars fly by.
I'll tell you, "someday I'll take you there."
I love the pretty songs you sing
The way you bring me to my knees
With your paralyzing voice.
I think I found something amazing
Now it's your turn to amaze me.
You paint the sky a crimson red
You paint the stars to light right from your bed
You always make me feel like July
And I wonder why sometimes
Take my words and your time
Feeling empty but always blind
You let the radio play
Our love's deep like the seas
I face the waves as your currents drown me
You sweep me away
Take my words and your time (you paint the sky)
Feeling empty but always blind (a crimson red)
You let the radio play (you bring the stars to life right from your bed)
Our love's deep like the seas (you always makes me)
I face the waves as your currents drown me (feel like july)
You sweep me away (and I wonder why sometimes)
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