"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.
I never thought about you this winter; I never thought 'bout you this spring
But now when the summer is here I never thought I'd think about you again
You smoke like a young Belmondo, you wear your flowers in your hair
When you were always to late, I still waited for you in this sweet summer air
So I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
Someday I know we'll meet again but I said that every summer
And every summer is the summer closer further away from you...
But now when the summer is here I never thought I'd think about you again
You smoke like a young Belmondo, you wear your flowers in your hair
When you were always to late, I still waited for you in this sweet summer air
So I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
Someday I know we'll meet again but I said that every summer
And every summer is the summer closer further away from you...
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Fast Car
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Ed Sheeran
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"Someday I know we'll meet again But I say that every summer and every summer is the summer closer further away"
The best bit; such a wistful melody and words we can all relate to, when you've meant to stay in touch but somehow never get round to it, and it gets harder and harder as the years go on to make the first move.
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