"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.
How's the water?
The blue pill's for you
Are they poisoning all that's left till you're alone in a dark room?
And all is forgiven
Water gone
I will comfort you, my blood
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars, frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the damn things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Oh father
Watch him pray for you
Is he comforting distraction?
But there's a boy in the corner
And it is forbidden
You alone
Is this Earth, is this heaven?
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars, frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the fucking things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
The blue pill's for you
Are they poisoning all that's left till you're alone in a dark room?
And all is forgiven
Water gone
I will comfort you, my blood
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars, frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the damn things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Oh father
Watch him pray for you
Is he comforting distraction?
But there's a boy in the corner
And it is forbidden
You alone
Is this Earth, is this heaven?
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars, frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the fucking things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
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Tomorrow Is Another Day Lyrics as written by Helen Lindsay Marnie
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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