"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.
You are the light waiting in the dark
You're real and untouched
You're the attack waiting for a hear
Like mine to open up
You saved the day, threw it like a dove
I tried to stay up
And I can't believe who lies next to me
I can't keep my eyes shut
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Can't get up
You are a fire burning in the sea
I swim in your heat
We are a choir singing hymns to keep
The widows' minds at ease
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Take me there
Take me where you are
Take me there
Take me where you are
Where you are
We are a choir singing hymns to keep
The widows' minds at ease
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Take me there
Take me where you are
Take me there
Take me where you are
You're real and untouched
You're the attack waiting for a hear
Like mine to open up
You saved the day, threw it like a dove
I tried to stay up
And I can't believe who lies next to me
I can't keep my eyes shut
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Can't get up
You are a fire burning in the sea
I swim in your heat
We are a choir singing hymns to keep
The widows' minds at ease
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Take me there
Take me where you are
Take me there
Take me where you are
Where you are
We are a choir singing hymns to keep
The widows' minds at ease
And where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I'm bleeding from the waist up
Where did you go dear?
I am alone in here
I'm running but I'm stuck
I've fallen and I can't get up
Take me there
Take me where you are
Take me there
Take me where you are
Lyrics submitted by loveyoubye
Real and Untouched Lyrics as written by Darren Cordeux
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
my fav from the new record.
Darren
Darren
YES YES ME TOO, LOVE THIS SONG.
its actually "flew in like a dove" not "threw it like a dove" haha
but im seriously in love with this song ey :) has the most number of plays on my itunes