"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.
Everybody's hurtin', everybody knows it
Are you tryin' to stop it'
Everyone's watchin'
What are you gonna do'
Are you tryin' to stop it'
Everyone's watchin'
Everyone is conversin'
Everyone's listenin'
Oh, yeah, they were a part
He was a part and she was a part of it, oh, fallin' apart
Is anyone watchin'' Is anyone listenin'?
Are we listenin'?
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
Oh, I never knew, they never knew
What you're going through
'Cause you got everybody thinkin'
There's nothin' wrong with you
And you fall apart 'cause you felt apart
And they were a part of it, oh, fallin' apart
Is anyone watchin'' Is anyone listenin'?
Are you listenin'?
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
On dark and stormy days, somewhere it's glowin'
And even though I know I'm here, I know I'm goin'
Oh, you never stop, you just collide
Grasp onto your side, surprise and make it right, yeah
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
Are you tryin' to stop it'
Everyone's watchin'
What are you gonna do'
Are you tryin' to stop it'
Everyone's watchin'
Everyone is conversin'
Everyone's listenin'
Oh, yeah, they were a part
He was a part and she was a part of it, oh, fallin' apart
Is anyone watchin'' Is anyone listenin'?
Are we listenin'?
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
Oh, I never knew, they never knew
What you're going through
'Cause you got everybody thinkin'
There's nothin' wrong with you
And you fall apart 'cause you felt apart
And they were a part of it, oh, fallin' apart
Is anyone watchin'' Is anyone listenin'?
Are you listenin'?
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
On dark and stormy days, somewhere it's glowin'
And even though I know I'm here, I know I'm goin'
Oh, you never stop, you just collide
Grasp onto your side, surprise and make it right, yeah
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
And all I have is all of me
And it's all that I can give
I'm disappointed in hearts
With you our hearts will spill
Over in you, over in me, over in this
Lyrics submitted by smileforthecamera
All I Have Lyrics as written by Stephen Bryce Avary Bryce Avary
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so beautiful.
i love this song why anyone commented this? such a beautiful song :]
I think the first part of this song goes with "Do You feel"
There are problems in the world, what are you personally going to do about them.
i can't believe hardly anyones commented this!! this is probably one of my favorite songs on the do you feel album. it's about putting it all on the line for the one you love, holding nothing back and just being yourself; because after all that is all any of us can do. you can take it to have a religious meaning too; either way, it's a beautiful song.
pretty much the same feel as "do you feel", a song on his new cd. but at the same time, i get a vibe that it's about a person in particular. maybe someone who was very troubled, but not a lot of people took notice because the person didn't show their emotions. "Cause you've got everybody thinking there's nothing wrong with you"
rocket summer = amazinggg
i love this song and not only do i feel for it, but i lived it. this song nails it perfectly. its about tryong and fighting for something but the other person just doesn't care, and everyone's all a buzz about it. beautiful beautiful song
This song inspired me so much that I asked my parents as my 18th birthday present to let me get "All I have is all of me" on my right wrist and "And it's all that I can give" on my left.
This song is all about just doing the best you can, even if it's not enough. It's beautiful and moving. One of my favorites by Bryce.
loveeeee itttt
I LOVE THIS SONG.
The message generally is just that you have a lot more influence than you might think. People are always watching you and are always going to hear what you say and see how you react to things. If you have a bad attitude and it shows in your words and reactions, people are going to see that and be influenced in some way. Henceforth, "Collapse onto your side, so rise and make it right"
All that we have is who we are. We have to remember that and work hard to keep our hearts and attitudes in the right place. Not only for ourselves, but for the benefit of others as well.