"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.
If all that grows starts to fade, starts to falter
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Let all that run through the fields through the quiet,
Go on with their, own with their own hidden ways
When all newness of gold travels far from
Where it had once been,
Born like the earth over years
And when the acts of man
'Cause the ground to break open
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Great are the sounds of all that live
And all that man can hold
If all that grows starts to fade, starts to falter
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Great are the sounds of all that live
And all that man can hold
Great are the sounds of all that live
That live
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Let all that run through the fields through the quiet,
Go on with their, own with their own hidden ways
When all newness of gold travels far from
Where it had once been,
Born like the earth over years
And when the acts of man
'Cause the ground to break open
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Great are the sounds of all that live
And all that man can hold
If all that grows starts to fade, starts to falter
Oh, let me inside, let me inside, not to wait
Great are the sounds of all that live
And all that man can hold
Great are the sounds of all that live
That live
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this is a song about wanting to return to something simpler. more specifically, yearning for simpler times, for less hustle and bustle.
more subtly, it's about the dignity of man on his own. it's a reminder not to be afraid, and to be more easy-going and less worried about the future.
Yeah, I'm surprised there're not more comments. This song seems to be the one of the strongest tracks off this album. The Courage of Others Album release seemed come and go with only a few people noticing. What other tracks are highlights? Fortune and The Courage of Others are the other tracks I think are Memorable.
@NativeIndie, Core of Nature is the best song on it, easily.<br />
Man, YOU didn't even comment (or at least interpret the lyrics:). It may be a strong track, but what the heck does it mean?!