"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.
Yesterday he said my eyes were fading fast away
I said well, what do you expect, you asked me not to stay
And if it had all been for the best
I wouldn't feel this way, he said, oh, he said
He said it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies, apologies
My love is like a blanket, gets a little bit too warm sometimes
I wanna wrap somebody in it who can hold me in his arms
?Cause when it got a little too hot in there
He was always steppin' out for air and he froze, oh, he froze
But he says it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies, apologies
Yesterday he looked at me with a tear in his eye and said
I always tell you you're my friend, I hope I don't have to lie
?Cause it?s clear you love another man
And I said, you're damn right and he said, oh, he said
He said it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies
He says it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me but I didn't figure it out before
And now it?s too late [Incomprehensible] miracle, way too late for dignity
It?s time for apologies, apologies, apologies, apologies
I said well, what do you expect, you asked me not to stay
And if it had all been for the best
I wouldn't feel this way, he said, oh, he said
He said it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies, apologies
My love is like a blanket, gets a little bit too warm sometimes
I wanna wrap somebody in it who can hold me in his arms
?Cause when it got a little too hot in there
He was always steppin' out for air and he froze, oh, he froze
But he says it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies, apologies
Yesterday he looked at me with a tear in his eye and said
I always tell you you're my friend, I hope I don't have to lie
?Cause it?s clear you love another man
And I said, you're damn right and he said, oh, he said
He said it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me ?cause I don't wanna fight this war
And it's amazing to see me reading through this scene of love and fear
And apologies
He says it's crazy how love stays with me, yeah
You know and it hurts me but I didn't figure it out before
And now it?s too late [Incomprehensible] miracle, way too late for dignity
It?s time for apologies, apologies, apologies, apologies
Lyrics submitted by beachinit88, edited by CathyMukora
Apologies Lyrics as written by Grace Potter
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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