"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.
Have you seen the way?
Smile hesitates
Favorite clothes are frayed
So tell me what's going on (Tell me what's going on)
Has it cost your glow? (Cost your glow?)
I just gotta know
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
There's nothing left to say
The walls won't chip away
Blank eyes lie in wait
So tell me what's going on (So tell me what's going on)
Has it cost your glow? (Cost your glow?)
I just gotta know
I'm so sorry that, that I've let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
What you did for me
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
What you did for me
Smile hesitates
Favorite clothes are frayed
So tell me what's going on (Tell me what's going on)
Has it cost your glow? (Cost your glow?)
I just gotta know
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
There's nothing left to say
The walls won't chip away
Blank eyes lie in wait
So tell me what's going on (So tell me what's going on)
Has it cost your glow? (Cost your glow?)
I just gotta know
I'm so sorry that, that I've let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
What you did for me
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
I'm so sorry that, that I let you down
I just hope that I
Haven't lost you now
We will remember
What you did for me
Lyrics submitted by TwilightPaladin
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I apologize if I really screwed up these lyrics, but they are difficult to hear because some lines are quiet and the echo is somewhat distracting in the b-parts.
Otherwise, this is a really cool song! It's actually kind of self-descriptive, so I'll let my interpretation of the lyrics be the lyrics themselves.
I realize that some parts are difficult to hear, however, that doesnt mean you can just post whatever you THINK the lyrics are. I would have been able to understand why you posted these lyrics if it was an honest accident, but obviously it was NOT, so if you want YOUR interpretation to be the lyrics, then write a song your dam self, dont screw up other peoples YOU CHEAP LYING NO GOOD ROTTEN 4-FLUSHING LOW-LIFE SNAKE-LICKING DIRT EATING IMBREED OVER-STUFFED IGNORANT BLOOD-SUCKING DOG-KISSING BRAINLESS DICKLESS HOPELESS HEARTLESS FATASS'ed BUG-EYED STIFF-LEGG'ed WORM-HEADED SACK OF MONKEY SHIT!..<br /> ...MUHAHAHAHAH!!!!! U SUCK!.......i luv eyeshine
As long as it's been since you posted your comment, I wanted to say something. I see no errors in the lyrics you provided. And, in fact, the lyrics I have for them are exactly the same.<br /> <br /> It is a really wonderful song. And you're right, the lyrics really do speak for themselves.<br /> <br /> @ smashingxUrxface: I really don't see what your problem is. Nothing's wrong with the lyrics that TwilightPaladin posted. And even if some of it was off, it's an honest mistake that comes with listening to a song and copying down what you hear. Sometimes, you just don't hear exactly what's said and you get a word wrong.<br /> <br /> I distinctly see an apology from Twilight for any errors in the lyrics. That said, there's no reason to call someone names like that. It's disrespectful and unnecessary.<br /> <br />
Gia,<br /> I see where I was being ridiculous and over-reactive, but honestly, I think TwiligtPaladin was being arrogant and uncaring about whether he got the lyrics right or wrong. I had been searching for the real lyrics, and found these with the belief that they were correct, so finding out they weren’t ticked me off.<br /> TwilightPaladin’s apology is like those ones you get from noisy neighbors who party all night and promise not to play music at 2 o’clock in the morning anymore. It means nothing.<br /> In this song particularly, the lyrics aren’t off too much (I have posted the real lyrcis from the Red Stripes White Light CD cover below) but in â€�Let It Outâ€� there is a big error and lots of little ones.<br /> I think that’s great that you stand up for what you believe in. I WAS being very rude and you called me out on it, so I admit that and I apologize to TwilightPaladin for that. But I would not have escalated to such stupidity if TwilightPaladin had been sincere and not simply brushed it off by ‘letting his interpretation be the lyrics themselves’. If he really did appreciate this music, then he would have tried to find the true lyrics in the first place. I don’t want someone to tarnish these lyrics.<br /> ~smashingxURXface…(some of those insults were quoted from the National Lampoons Christmas Vacation..so it was sort of a joke.. sort of) I luv eyeshine.<br /> <br /> Let You Down Lyrics:<br /> <br /> Have you seen the way<br /> Smile hesitates<br /> Favorite clothes are frayed<br /> So tell me what�s going on! (So tell me what�s going on!)<br /> Has it cost your glow (cost your glow!)<br /> I�ve just gotta know!<br /> <br /> I�m so sorry that,<br /> That I�ve let you down!<br /> I just hope that I<br /> Haven�t lost you now!<br /> I�m so sorry that,<br /> That I�ve let you down!<br /> I just hope that I<br /> Haven�t lost you now<br /> We will remember�<br /> <br /> There�s nothing left to say<br /> Walls won�t chip away<br /> Blank eyes lie in wait<br /> <br /> (those are pretty much the only mistakes..you can fill in the rest)
I'd like to lead off by saying that this is the first I've seen these comments, and I apologize for making you wait for a response.<br /> <br /> That being said, I would like to restate my apology by messing up the lyrics. At the time I transcribed them, I was unable to find the actual lyrics anywhere. Having purchased the album on iTunes, I didn't have a lyrics booklet to go by. Therefore, I had no other option but to attempt to transcribe them by ear. My intent was not to come off as a smart ass or a brain-washer or anything of the sort. I was merely more concerned at the time with being as accurate as I could, and then posting the results so that people could be aware the songs existed. I should've phrased my initial apology a little better, perhaps, but hindsight is 20/20.<br /> <br /> I've recently found another lyrics database that contained the lyrics for this song and went back and corrected not only this song, but the other ones that you commented on. Again, I apologize for taking so long to do so, but it had slipped my mind, considering I had and continue to have other responsibilities that take priority over the accuracy of the lyrics of songs I enjoy listening to.<br /> <br /> Now that I've apologized and fixed the errors, get back to 4chan where you belong, you piece of shit. I may have been in the wrong, but that's no excuse for you shitting up this website with your death threats over a relatively innocent mistake.
I am very glad that you changed all the lyrics, Im sure that it was probably annoying and a hassle but it was totally worth it and I thank you very much. I really admire this band and I didn’t want people learning the lyrics wrong like I had before. Eyeshine doesn’t deserve to have people start singing lyrics that are incorrect.<br /> <br /> As for your apology, I appreciate that you took the time to say it, but I still don’t understand why you would post lyrics in the first place when you yourself were unsure if they were correct (as you stated in your last response, since you obviously wouldn’t have tried to find the lyrics if you actually knew what they were). And it was consciously done, not mistakenly. People look to these websites to find clarity with songs that are difficult to understand, and trust that they are correct. If you don’t know the lyrics, don’t post them. I don’t give two shakes of a boggarts tail if you thought your lyrics were right, because they weren’t. So please don’t ever do that again. Just keep your interpretation to yourself like everyone else does. Im glad that you did change the lyrics in the end when your so busy, but I find it odd that you had the time to put up the wrong ones in the first place.<br /> <br /> And I don’t even know what 4chan is. I don’t like getting profiles and all this crap, and normally I never would but I guess the need to let you know how wrong the lyrics were overcame my dislike, so here I am. Next time get your facts straight the first time in order to prevent nosy people like me from spamming up this website. It’s an inconvenience for both of us and distracts others from what they should be focusing on, which is Eyeshine’s awesome music... cuz Eyeshine rules.<br /> <br /> ~smashingxURxface
If you are to scared to reply back to my response above then DONT EVER POST ANYTHING AGAIN UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT THE ACTUAL LYRICS ARE, RETARD! GET THAT BULLSHIT SMARTASS I-KNOW-EVERYTHING ATTITUDE OUTTA YOUR HEAD....Or...is it that your head is SO FAR UP UR ASS THAT YOU CANT ADMIT WHEN YOU ARE WRONG HAVE NO IDEA WHAT-SO-EVER WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, you YELLOW-BELLIED FAGGOT!!!!! FACE ME LIKE A MAN!........p.s ...im a woman, hence: I have a brain (which i USE) and you are stupid, and therefore wrong......so try and stop me! C'MON YA PANSY! GOT ANYTHING TO SAY?????? THEN SAY IT F*CKER!!!!
with all the hatred i posses, I am ~SMASHING UR FACE~ .....i LUV eyeshine ^_^