"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.
Might be the light bouncing off of your cheeks,
but tonight i've got these urges to taste you like you wouldn't believe
Could be the night with the color of your skin that excites
this isn't love, shouldn't be, I swore it never again
so tie me up, take my pulse
before i lose control
or we could get ahead
go lose it under sheets instead
Cuz we're alone and you know
that I can't wait to go home
and wake up yet again
broken, bloody in my bed
cause with you i fall apart
it's like every single time
i come unglued, don't know what to do
I can't keep up with you
I fall apart
never again is what I said
but tonight your coming over me
I got these scars with a promise to keep and it shows
But with this feeling I'll take it to wherever it goes
and It's all alright if we just take turns on taking it slow
and if it's love, we can speed it up whenever we know
so tie me up, take my pulse
before i lose control
or we could get ahead
go lose it under sheets instead
me and you, all the trouble we could get in to
if this is only but the start of it then i'm hooked
waiting for another dose of me and you(i'm addicted)
but tonight i've got these urges to taste you like you wouldn't believe
Could be the night with the color of your skin that excites
this isn't love, shouldn't be, I swore it never again
so tie me up, take my pulse
before i lose control
or we could get ahead
go lose it under sheets instead
Cuz we're alone and you know
that I can't wait to go home
and wake up yet again
broken, bloody in my bed
cause with you i fall apart
it's like every single time
i come unglued, don't know what to do
I can't keep up with you
I fall apart
never again is what I said
but tonight your coming over me
I got these scars with a promise to keep and it shows
But with this feeling I'll take it to wherever it goes
and It's all alright if we just take turns on taking it slow
and if it's love, we can speed it up whenever we know
so tie me up, take my pulse
before i lose control
or we could get ahead
go lose it under sheets instead
me and you, all the trouble we could get in to
if this is only but the start of it then i'm hooked
waiting for another dose of me and you(i'm addicted)
Lyrics submitted by jessicles
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the vocal autotune crazyness at the beginning scared me....i was worried hit the lights was turning and the whole song would be that way....but it wasnt, this song is super catchy i love it <3
i love this song. i think is about two people who are just friends, or maybe they have had a thing in the past, but everytime this guy sees her, he "loses control" and wants to be with her. for some reason, they feel like they shouldn't be together. possibly because of history or cuase they're supposed to be 'just friends' but regardless, he's willing to try something new with her, hence the line "if it's love, we can speed it up whenever we know".
This song might be about a guy has sexual urges for a friend who's a girl, but knows it's just lust and pleads to be restrained. first 2 verses
But he finds that he's having these strong feelings for his friend as well and he's falling apart from not knowing what to doing with these emotions.
I got these scars with a promise to keep and it shows But with this feeling I'll take it to wherever it goes
and It's all alright if we just take turns on taking it slow and if it's love, we can speed it up whenever we know
here we learn that he might've had a relationship with the girl already and it ended really horribly (maybe the reason why "he can't keep up") with the girl saying "i only want to be friends with you", but this time he thinks he really does have real feelings for her again and he's willing to stay friends and take it slowly. but his pulse is raging when he's with her lol