"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.
Dare I ask you this? Where do you stand as a come and go acquaintance? I’ve been pondering around this bond for sometime now. Where have you been hiding in? Is it in the tall forest?
Won’t he listen to the voices calling his name? Will he attempt?
I’ve been laying on the other side, where they are all waving “goodbye” behind a fake frown. Feeding lies to the ears of a brother that has been lost, trying to find a way back home – but stumbles on the roof he made – wandering
As he barks the words that have no meaning, I try to paint a picture in my mind of how things used to be. As you say your speech, the blank static screen is trying to make the channel clear but, gets interrupted by your careless heart.
Walking backward, straying away – looking at me with a face afraid of being a false witness to this never-ending case. The thought of empty-handedness is having its way. So stop running away from me. [Sinking down, falling away from me – please help me]
Away we go tonight, but we’re far from our goodbyes. The end lies in your hands as we are keeping set minds.
I’ve been laying on the other side, where they are all waving “goodbye” behind a fake frown. Feeding lies to the ears of a brother that has been lost, trying to find a way back home.
It’s an empty page with growing age. It’s bound to flourish again.
Won’t he listen to the voices calling his name? Will he attempt?
I’ve been laying on the other side, where they are all waving “goodbye” behind a fake frown. Feeding lies to the ears of a brother that has been lost, trying to find a way back home – but stumbles on the roof he made – wandering
As he barks the words that have no meaning, I try to paint a picture in my mind of how things used to be. As you say your speech, the blank static screen is trying to make the channel clear but, gets interrupted by your careless heart.
Walking backward, straying away – looking at me with a face afraid of being a false witness to this never-ending case. The thought of empty-handedness is having its way. So stop running away from me. [Sinking down, falling away from me – please help me]
Away we go tonight, but we’re far from our goodbyes. The end lies in your hands as we are keeping set minds.
I’ve been laying on the other side, where they are all waving “goodbye” behind a fake frown. Feeding lies to the ears of a brother that has been lost, trying to find a way back home.
It’s an empty page with growing age. It’s bound to flourish again.
Lyrics submitted by kaityangst
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