"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.
We've never been into honesty
So promise me you'll let me know
When you're lying
She wants to be an eagle
When she's high she can fly
No matter what she was trying
She'll be the perfect woman
Then she'll change suddenly
You wanna cry from the feeling
She's got a heart of gold but
Every now and again she'll turn to gray
And you know she gives me
An olive then an arrow in the back
She leaves me breathless
Then she kicks me while I'm down
She leaves me hoping
That my love won't show
Cause I know she'll give me
An olive and an arrow
She doesn't like to worry
But she's afraid of everything
That's going on around her
I'm just another photo
That made its way on her page
Somehow I stayed but it won't be long
An olive (yeah yeah) and an arrow in the back
She leaves me breathless
Then she'll kick me while I'm down, oh oh
She leaves me hoping
That my love won't show
Cause I know she'll give me
An olive and an arrow
You leave me hopin'
And prayin' that my love will show
Cause I know you'll give me
And olive and an arrow
Oh yeah yeah
Oh oh
Yeah
So promise me you'll let me know
When you're lying
She wants to be an eagle
When she's high she can fly
No matter what she was trying
She'll be the perfect woman
Then she'll change suddenly
You wanna cry from the feeling
She's got a heart of gold but
Every now and again she'll turn to gray
And you know she gives me
An olive then an arrow in the back
She leaves me breathless
Then she kicks me while I'm down
She leaves me hoping
That my love won't show
Cause I know she'll give me
An olive and an arrow
She doesn't like to worry
But she's afraid of everything
That's going on around her
I'm just another photo
That made its way on her page
Somehow I stayed but it won't be long
An olive (yeah yeah) and an arrow in the back
She leaves me breathless
Then she'll kick me while I'm down, oh oh
She leaves me hoping
That my love won't show
Cause I know she'll give me
An olive and an arrow
You leave me hopin'
And prayin' that my love will show
Cause I know you'll give me
And olive and an arrow
Oh yeah yeah
Oh oh
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Olive & an Arrow Lyrics as written by Nicholas Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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