"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.
When Will The Sun Rise Again?
It will rain until the sky
is blue in the face
So the parade had to be postponed
and the balloons cling to empty streets
And I feel like I’ve been pulled
out of the ground and placed in a vase
If I look down, I can’t see my feet
but I can see my face
And I look worried
I look worried, my friends
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
You can dream about the rainbow
while you’re standing behind the glass
It’s easy to tap on the window
and pray that it won’t last
While the dogs are drowning in the rain
or else wandering displaced,
trying to retrace all their steps
but their steps have been erased
And they look worried
They look worried about them
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
Old man, Noah, he went fishing
with the ones he loved the most
The rest of us went swimming
in circles around his boat
So the parade had to be postponed
but we watched the balloons ascend,
though we all know they explode
as they get closer to Him
And it makes me worried
It makes me worried, my friends
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
It will rain until the sky
is blue in the face
So the parade had to be postponed
and the balloons cling to empty streets
And I feel like I’ve been pulled
out of the ground and placed in a vase
If I look down, I can’t see my feet
but I can see my face
And I look worried
I look worried, my friends
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
You can dream about the rainbow
while you’re standing behind the glass
It’s easy to tap on the window
and pray that it won’t last
While the dogs are drowning in the rain
or else wandering displaced,
trying to retrace all their steps
but their steps have been erased
And they look worried
They look worried about them
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
Old man, Noah, he went fishing
with the ones he loved the most
The rest of us went swimming
in circles around his boat
So the parade had to be postponed
but we watched the balloons ascend,
though we all know they explode
as they get closer to Him
And it makes me worried
It makes me worried, my friends
When will the rain stop falling
and when will the sun rise again?
Lyrics submitted by shewouldnt
When Will the Sun Rise Again Lyrics as written by Simon Joseph Joyner
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
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