"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.
Claire de lune
How high the moon arose
Maybe true
We quit too soon I thought
We quit too soon I thought
There's no place I'd rather be
There's no face I'd rather see
Just in case you won't receive me
Now there are things a man is born against
Claire de lune, where is that moon of lust?
How high the moon ascends
Theres no place I'd rather be
There's no face I'd rather see
Just in case you won't receive me
Cause you don't believe me
Oh baby please relent
The night sneaks 'round my stealth
Ma belle's soul recast
Somehow we'd never met
To make this happen
You must hold your truce alone
To make love happen
The moon must send ya home
There's no place that I'd, I'd rather be
There's no place that I'd, I'd rather be
There's no place that I'd rather be with you, I'd rather be
There's no place, there's no place, that I'd rather be
There's no place that'd I'd rather be with you
How high the moon arose
Maybe true
We quit too soon I thought
We quit too soon I thought
There's no place I'd rather be
There's no face I'd rather see
Just in case you won't receive me
Now there are things a man is born against
Claire de lune, where is that moon of lust?
How high the moon ascends
Theres no place I'd rather be
There's no face I'd rather see
Just in case you won't receive me
Cause you don't believe me
Oh baby please relent
The night sneaks 'round my stealth
Ma belle's soul recast
Somehow we'd never met
To make this happen
You must hold your truce alone
To make love happen
The moon must send ya home
There's no place that I'd, I'd rather be
There's no place that I'd, I'd rather be
There's no place that I'd rather be with you, I'd rather be
There's no place, there's no place, that I'd rather be
There's no place that'd I'd rather be with you
Lyrics submitted by juice77
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It seems to be about a man throwing fatalism to the wind and trying to be with someone no matter what, because "There is no place I'd rather be."
Excellent drumming/guitar, and it really takes off around the 2:40 mark--it's one of those songs that'll make you press down on the gas pedal harder without meaning to do so. It's a great song, and I think it could have easily replaced some of the other songs released on Zeitgeist, rather than being a b-side.
This is a great song. It sounds reallly great after Stellar. I think it is about a man who really wants to be with someone but can't. I think it is because she can't understand how much he wants her.
Regrets? I've had a few.
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