"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.
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
Maybe I've been waiting for you to show me
There's a dreamer like you that's waiting too
That's not afraid to lose
And maybe I've been holding on to all the little wrecks I've gone through
I'm learning last
I fall too fast that I
I don't wanna parachute into love
No
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
I've seen a million faces
Finally one of them erases everyone I wear and leaves me bare
But I don't wanna parachute into love
No
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
Love
Into love
I wanna skydive
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Oh
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
Don't wanna parachute into love
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
Maybe I've been waiting for you to show me
There's a dreamer like you that's waiting too
That's not afraid to lose
And maybe I've been holding on to all the little wrecks I've gone through
I'm learning last
I fall too fast that I
I don't wanna parachute into love
No
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
I've seen a million faces
Finally one of them erases everyone I wear and leaves me bare
But I don't wanna parachute into love
No
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
Love
Into love
I wanna skydive
I wanna skydive
And fall until we fly
Live until we die together
If heaven is my home you could only make it better
Oh
Don't wanna wait another day
No
I want you now forever
Don't wanna parachute into love
Don't wanna parachute into love
Lyrics submitted by jasonreeves
Skydive Lyrics as written by Jeremy Lister Jason Reeves
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I can't believe no one has commented this song yet. i LOVE this song. It's literally how i feel when it comes to love. I've never been in love before and I always hear how love is so great and such and when i fall in love, i dont want to parachute into it meaning i dont want to go slow and take my time. i want to skydive.