"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.
Got up on the wrong side of life today, yeah
Crashed the car, and I'm gonna be really late
My phone doesn't work 'cause it's out of range
Looks like it's just one of those kind of days
You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground
No, you can't 'cause you couldn't catch me anyhow
Blue skies but the sun isn't coming out, no
Today, it's like I'm under a heavy cloud
And I feel so alive
I can't help myself
Don't you realize?
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
So-so is how I'm doing if you're wondering
I'm in a fight with the world, but I'm winning
Stay there, come closer - it's at your own risk
Yeah, you know how it is: life can be a bitch
But I feel so alive
I can't help myself (I can't help myself)
Don't you realize?
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
(Run away, run, run away)
Run away, run away
(Run away, run, run away)
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
Crashed the car, and I'm gonna be really late
My phone doesn't work 'cause it's out of range
Looks like it's just one of those kind of days
You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground
No, you can't 'cause you couldn't catch me anyhow
Blue skies but the sun isn't coming out, no
Today, it's like I'm under a heavy cloud
And I feel so alive
I can't help myself
Don't you realize?
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
So-so is how I'm doing if you're wondering
I'm in a fight with the world, but I'm winning
Stay there, come closer - it's at your own risk
Yeah, you know how it is: life can be a bitch
But I feel so alive
I can't help myself (I can't help myself)
Don't you realize?
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
(Run away, run, run away)
Run away, run away
(Run away, run, run away)
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
Lyrics submitted by bleu_ice2002
Runaway Lyrics as written by Lukasz Gottwald Kara Dioguardi
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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pretty much i agree with girlygurl44
Its one of those, "i have a bad day" songs Where you get up, figure out how much life is treating you, like:
Crashed the car and I'm gonna be really late My phone doesn't work cause it's out of range Looks like it's just one of those kind of days
and the only thing you want to do just to get that off your mind is just lose control..as in a good way. Scream out loud, Laugh at yourself, etc etc, just to make you feel happy.
and what i think when she says "Runaway" is to just runaway from those problems or that bad day you had and go to a direction where you don't want to think about it.....
these are my thoughts. overall, i think its a good song, for a bad day.
Wow, I like these lyrics! Anyone know where I can find the song?
Wow, I like these lyrics! Anyone know where I can find the song?
iTunes. If you don't want to buy it (which you really should and I am most definitely NOT promoting pirating) you can get limewire and download a torrent.
haha i love it too i have it if u want it
I love this song. Ranban- you can find it on youtube.
awsome. perfect album.
Love this song so much.
It's pretty much having a bad day and then well..you want to runaway (title of the song..)
fave song so far on the new album. but i've only listened to half of it, haha.
Its about having a bad day... and just wanting to get away from it all by running away. Also its like noone cares 'So So is how I'm doing if you're wondering' Kinda how im feeling just lately.
pretty dissapointed with avrils new album this song iss okay though