"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 must have been blind
Thought I could see through your eyes
I was wrong, you were right
Now I can't get out of bed
fear, fear in my bones
Look at me toss, look at me turn
Yet still I can learn
I just can't get out of bed
Was it something that you said
I was wrong, I was wronged
I was lost but now I'm found
Don't be scared, don't be scared
Of losing something that you never had
fear, fear in my bones
Look at me toss, look at me turn
Yet still I wanna learn
I just can't get out of bed
No I can't
I must have been blind
Thought I could see through your lies
I was wrong, you were right
Now I can't get out of bed
Was it something that she said
I was wrong, I was wrong
I was lost but now I'm found
No, no, don't be scared, don't be scared
Of losing something that you never had
Thought I could see through your eyes
I was wrong, you were right
Now I can't get out of bed
fear, fear in my bones
Look at me toss, look at me turn
Yet still I can learn
I just can't get out of bed
Was it something that you said
I was wrong, I was wronged
I was lost but now I'm found
Don't be scared, don't be scared
Of losing something that you never had
fear, fear in my bones
Look at me toss, look at me turn
Yet still I wanna learn
I just can't get out of bed
No I can't
I must have been blind
Thought I could see through your lies
I was wrong, you were right
Now I can't get out of bed
Was it something that she said
I was wrong, I was wrong
I was lost but now I'm found
No, no, don't be scared, don't be scared
Of losing something that you never had
Lyrics submitted by blink_baby
You Never Had It Lyrics as written by Romeo William Stodart
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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great song, great melody! after a break-up of a shitty relationship? 'something that you never had?' and he doesn't know what to do.
that's what i think anyway
like most magic numbers songs its a song about the dark sides of love but in the style of a soppy, sweet love song. an amazing style that always allows for mixed opinions. if you're in a relationship it helps with the melody playing, if its when you're going through a breakup the lyrics can be easily relatable. the magic numbers ar one of my favourite bands solely for this reason,
now onto my thoughts about the meaning of the song. i feel its about a guy seeing the girl he loves in a new relationship, they may have been together at some time but chances are they weren't. After seeing this he feels the need to tell her, "you never had it" basically saying that he never had her in that way to start with, but if he wants her in that way he needs to tell her, its him trying to convince himself. perhaps at the start he has even convinced himself that she likes him. but he never said anything because he has fears of being hurt. its a situation most people know, very relatable and very heart wrenching. "yet still i wanna learn, i just cant get out of bed, no i cant" he's convincing himself not to say anything for risking that the friendship or bond of some kind will be broken even though he wants to learn whether she does care for him in the same way.