"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.
First floor (uh-oh)
Room sixteen (uh-oh)
Smells like danger (let's go)
Even better (let's go)
Set your goals (uh-oh)
Bless our souls (uh-oh)
I'm in trouble (yes, I know)
But it feels like heaven (hey!)
You were like one of those guys
The kind with a wandering eye (hey!)
But I said, hey what the hell?
For once in my life I'll take a ride on the wild side
You were so full of yourself
But damn, were you cute, as well (hey!)
You liked my legs, I liked your moves
Anyone could tell that it's hard to deny that
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
No more mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Second night (uh-oh)
In a row (uh-oh)
Back in trouble (let's go)
I don't get it (let's go)
Gotta keep it down (uh-oh)
It'll all be cool (uh-oh)
If we ignore 'em (yes, I know)
Getting better (hey!)
When it comes to men, it's known
That I end up choosing wrong (hey!)
'Cause I always trip and fall
On the same old rock and repeat and go back
How blind a girl can be (ooh)
To miss you hide your ring (hey!)
But I bought everything
I'm so naive, and I'd like you to know that
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
No more mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
It might seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, 'cause I'll survive
It might seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, 'cause I'll survive
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
All the mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Room sixteen (uh-oh)
Smells like danger (let's go)
Even better (let's go)
Set your goals (uh-oh)
Bless our souls (uh-oh)
I'm in trouble (yes, I know)
But it feels like heaven (hey!)
You were like one of those guys
The kind with a wandering eye (hey!)
But I said, hey what the hell?
For once in my life I'll take a ride on the wild side
You were so full of yourself
But damn, were you cute, as well (hey!)
You liked my legs, I liked your moves
Anyone could tell that it's hard to deny that
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
No more mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Second night (uh-oh)
In a row (uh-oh)
Back in trouble (let's go)
I don't get it (let's go)
Gotta keep it down (uh-oh)
It'll all be cool (uh-oh)
If we ignore 'em (yes, I know)
Getting better (hey!)
When it comes to men, it's known
That I end up choosing wrong (hey!)
'Cause I always trip and fall
On the same old rock and repeat and go back
How blind a girl can be (ooh)
To miss you hide your ring (hey!)
But I bought everything
I'm so naive, and I'd like you to know that
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
No more mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
It might seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, 'cause I'll survive
It might seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, 'cause I'll survive
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it
All the mistakes that
Went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete 'em
I did it again now
I've got it all wrong
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Eh, eh, eh, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
Did It Again Lyrics as written by Pharrell Williams Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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To me this song is about casual sex; this woman is meeting up with this guy at a hotel for obvious reasons. Except, she regrets it. She really thought this guy was something special. He's very sexy and obviously seductive & of course she fell for it. Turns out, she made a mistake because he really is JUST in it for the sex. So, perhaps she feels kind of lame for falling so easily for such a seductive guy.
OR
could be based on just another failed relationship, but the song doesn't imply this so much.
What do you guys think?
Love the song btw.
I think this song is about a woman who fell for a guy because he was cute and hooked up with him even though she suspected he might be a player.<br /> <br /> "You were like one of those guys<br /> The kind with a wandering eye<br /> But I said, 'hey what the hell, once in my life I'll take a ride on the wild side'<br /> You were so full of yourself<br /> But damn, were you cute, as well"<br /> <br /> They hook up and sometime later she realizes that he's married.<br /> <br /> "How blind a girl can be<br /> To miss you hide your ring"<br /> <br /> The song implies that they hooked up for a long time before she realized he was married, and that she regrets what happened between them.<br /> <br /> "And all the mistakes<br /> That went on for too long<br /> Wish there was a way<br /> I could delete it"<br /> <br /> So basically my interpretation of this song is this: a woman falls in love with a guy and later realizes that he's married and as such, she has no future with him. She's upset but is positive about choosing better relationships in the future:<br /> <br /> "But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase<br /> 'Right back at ya,' cause I'll survive"<br />
I agree but actually she realizes he's married before they hooked up, she just pretends he didn't see him when he hid his ring. The spanish version of the song is a lot clearer though.