"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 seem like you?re impossible now
You want love, you want me to show you how
It feels like it?s all possible now
You need love, and I?m gonna show you how
You say that, I?m stupid
Without you I?m useless
I?m bothered, you don?t even notice
So how bout, you reach up
You realize, you see it
Come on, you really love this
You cry out loud when you?re reckless in the dark
You like the way it feels good
You love the way I make you forget
You turn me on, whenever you?re around
You like the way you feel it
I love the way I make you forget
You seem like you?re unstoppable now
You take love, and keep it all somehow
It feels like all I need is your help
I?m fading, alone all by myself
You say that, I?m stupid
Without you I?m useless
I?m bothered, you don?t even notice
You cry out loud when you?re reckless in the dark
You like the way it feels good
You love the way I make you forget
You turn me on, whenever you?re around
You like the way you feel it
I love the way I make you forget
You stay, I?ll stay, we?ll be alone
You want love, you want me to show you how
It feels like it?s all possible now
You need love, and I?m gonna show you how
You say that, I?m stupid
Without you I?m useless
I?m bothered, you don?t even notice
So how bout, you reach up
You realize, you see it
Come on, you really love this
You cry out loud when you?re reckless in the dark
You like the way it feels good
You love the way I make you forget
You turn me on, whenever you?re around
You like the way you feel it
I love the way I make you forget
You seem like you?re unstoppable now
You take love, and keep it all somehow
It feels like all I need is your help
I?m fading, alone all by myself
You say that, I?m stupid
Without you I?m useless
I?m bothered, you don?t even notice
You cry out loud when you?re reckless in the dark
You like the way it feels good
You love the way I make you forget
You turn me on, whenever you?re around
You like the way you feel it
I love the way I make you forget
You stay, I?ll stay, we?ll be alone
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"you cry out loud when you're reckless in the dark" is defo about letting go and not holding back when you're naked with someone in bed, with that level of intimacy. I took it as meaning that when they're alone in that way, she can be reckless so her gf just has to help her to be reckless in the other parts of her life too..
MMDP HI: Cam's voice is great. If it's not your type, leave it alone and don't listen. Why would you come here to bash her? Is attention really that needed for you? Also, I don't think you know the girl well enough to call her a bitch. :)
i absolutly love this song
me too! i can't stop listening to it ...
really good song pretty self explanatory
im not exactly sure what "you cry out loud when your reckless in the dark" means
overall, to me the song is about wanting someone so bad and being in love with them. they make you forget everything else you may not want to think of. they need each other and desire e/o a whole lot
CANNOT WAIT FOR THE LP!!! im pretty sure they said its coming out around march
you cry out loud when your reckless in the dark" i think its sexual grunts or sounds, and everytime i hear these songs i think of 2 girls being in love, idk why
"you cry out loud when you're reckless in the dark" is defo about letting go and not holding back when you're naked with someone in bed, with that level of intimacy. I took it as meaning that when they're alone in that way, she can be reckless so her gf just has to help her to be reckless in the other parts of her life too..
Im not sure but i think that this song is about a girl who wants real love and about another girl who wants to show her just what love is by having sex... these two girls are both into each other in completely different ways can someone say breakup! ha
THIS CAM BITCH OR WHATEVER HER NAME IS CANNOT SING! She tries too hard to make her voice sound "in". Leisha hailey should sing at least a bit more when it comes to this duo...