"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.
This my toothpaste moment
Oh I'll need to flash a smile
I'll be the super-absorbent-man
Watch them flock to me in single file
And I'll need to do it with style
I need to keep me up to date
Swallowing the sun run another mile
It's overrated how we underrate
I dance in tune with what I fear
To do adrenaline
Completely wrapt with what I hear
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
I have a mind for simple things
But things are not of mind to simplify
There's always some loophole technicality
You buy into and pay until you die
Money doesn't bring me joy
It's more a darling dead weight
And I seem to have lost my appetite
It's underrated how we overrate
I dance entangled with my dear
She pulls my every string
Completely trapped yet never here
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
And when I'm finally brought to my senses
(Play the earth and sky revolve)
Parade the rain on my parade
(Why won't you let me play along)
Before I'm back to my defenses
(I could lie to wait till you...)
To watch the whole thing escalate
I dance in tune with what I fear
To do adrenaline
Completely wrapt with what I hear
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
Oh I'll need to flash a smile
I'll be the super-absorbent-man
Watch them flock to me in single file
And I'll need to do it with style
I need to keep me up to date
Swallowing the sun run another mile
It's overrated how we underrate
I dance in tune with what I fear
To do adrenaline
Completely wrapt with what I hear
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
I have a mind for simple things
But things are not of mind to simplify
There's always some loophole technicality
You buy into and pay until you die
Money doesn't bring me joy
It's more a darling dead weight
And I seem to have lost my appetite
It's underrated how we overrate
I dance entangled with my dear
She pulls my every string
Completely trapped yet never here
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
And when I'm finally brought to my senses
(Play the earth and sky revolve)
Parade the rain on my parade
(Why won't you let me play along)
Before I'm back to my defenses
(I could lie to wait till you...)
To watch the whole thing escalate
I dance in tune with what I fear
To do adrenaline
Completely wrapt with what I hear
When passion colors everything
The songs I sing from way out there to deep within
The face I wear behind my grin
The price I paid for my original sin
Everything, everything, everything
Lyrics submitted by Superknark
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I used to always talk to my old girlfriend about this one because from what I believe, its obviously about a passion that takes over life no matter what it is. For example:
"When passion colors everything, the songs I sing, from way out there, to deep within, the face I wear behind my grin, the price I pay for my original sin..."
Hes saying no matter what you do, your "passion" will affect your life dramatically even though you may not know it. For example, if youre in love with someone, no matter what, the songs you sing, from way out there to deep within, the face you wear behind that smile, the price you pay in the end will be affected at that time due to the "passion" you seek in them.
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"I dance entangled with my dear(They fight a lot) Shew pulls my every string(She knows how to piss him off, lol) Completely trapped yet never here(She or he feels trapped by that person even though they arent there at those moments)"
Great lines involving the relationship angle I mentioned. Idk though, thats what I think...