"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.
You're an angel, I'm a devil
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Heaven, Hell, or the bedroom,
I'll take you away from everything.
You're a dream and I'm a nightmare
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Your sheets, your covers, and the headboard.
I'll be a king if you are a queen.
I just fell in love for the first time,
Watch as I move myself up off the ground.
In the dark I'm so far from the spotlight,
Can You see me now?
[Chorus]
I turn my back
And walk away, away from the pain.
Screaming loud,
Drowning out from the sound of the rain
Listen up,
I've had enough of all this waiting.
I need you more right now than I ever did.
You're the minutes, I'm the hours.
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Never, now, or too soon,
I say we meet at a quarter till three.
I just fell in love for the first time,
Watch as I move myself up off the ground.
In the dark I'm so far from the spotlight,
Can You see me now?
[Chorus: x2]
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Heaven, Hell, or the bedroom,
I'll take you away from everything.
You're a dream and I'm a nightmare
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Your sheets, your covers, and the headboard.
I'll be a king if you are a queen.
I just fell in love for the first time,
Watch as I move myself up off the ground.
In the dark I'm so far from the spotlight,
Can You see me now?
[Chorus]
I turn my back
And walk away, away from the pain.
Screaming loud,
Drowning out from the sound of the rain
Listen up,
I've had enough of all this waiting.
I need you more right now than I ever did.
You're the minutes, I'm the hours.
But we'll meet somewhere in between.
Never, now, or too soon,
I say we meet at a quarter till three.
I just fell in love for the first time,
Watch as I move myself up off the ground.
In the dark I'm so far from the spotlight,
Can You see me now?
[Chorus: x2]
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
Somewhere in Between Lyrics as written by James Ii Woodruff Eron Bucciarelli-tieger
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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