"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.
Take, take, take away
Don’t fool yourself
What you can’t conjure up
You take from someone else.
What do you have to say for yourself?
You’re supposed to be the one who’ll stand us up.
Won’t knock us down.
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
Yeah, it's all the same to me though
So afraid to change, good for you.
You look so perfect there,
Up on the stage.
As you ignore them now,
There’s something up your sleeve.
What do you have to say for yourself?
You’re supposed to be the one who’ll stand us up.
Won’t knock us down.
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me though
So afraid of change, good for you.
Good for you
Yeah it's all the same to me though
So afraid of change. good for you
Good for you
No way you can distinguish anything.
Going from another, oh well.
Does anyone care about it
So why do I think about it?
Swing me around for a chance for something else.
Spinning around and falling to the ground.
Everyone’s always taking, taking it all literally.
but it’s all the same to me
It's all the same to...
Yeah it’s all the same to me though
So afraid to change, good for you
Good for you
Yeah, it's all the same to me though
So afraid of change, good for you
Why don’t you do something???
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid?
You’re so afraid.
You're so afraid
You're so afraid
So fake and over rated.
So fucking over rated.
So fake and over rated.
Don’t fool yourself
What you can’t conjure up
You take from someone else.
What do you have to say for yourself?
You’re supposed to be the one who’ll stand us up.
Won’t knock us down.
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
Yeah, it's all the same to me though
So afraid to change, good for you.
You look so perfect there,
Up on the stage.
As you ignore them now,
There’s something up your sleeve.
What do you have to say for yourself?
You’re supposed to be the one who’ll stand us up.
Won’t knock us down.
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me though
So afraid of change, good for you.
Good for you
Yeah it's all the same to me though
So afraid of change. good for you
Good for you
No way you can distinguish anything.
Going from another, oh well.
Does anyone care about it
So why do I think about it?
Swing me around for a chance for something else.
Spinning around and falling to the ground.
Everyone’s always taking, taking it all literally.
but it’s all the same to me
It's all the same to...
Yeah it’s all the same to me though
So afraid to change, good for you
Good for you
Yeah, it's all the same to me though
So afraid of change, good for you
Why don’t you do something???
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid?
You’re so afraid.
You're so afraid
You're so afraid
So fake and over rated.
So fucking over rated.
So fake and over rated.
Lyrics submitted by NothingFinal
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.