"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.
Wait for the day you come home from the lonely park
Look for the girl who has put up with all of your shit
You've never needed anyone for so long
You learn in your bed, you've been gone for too long
To put in the time, but it's too late to make it strong
And all I want is your pity
Oh all I want is your bitter tears
Yeah, all I want is your pity
At least all I want are your bitter tears
Now, all I want is your pity
Oh all I want are your bitter tears
Yeah, all I want is your pity
Oh, all I want are your bitter tears
Wake with a start
And the dog and the girl are gone
So you pack up your things
And head into the lame unknown
You never had needed anything for so long
All I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears
Now all I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears
From now on, I'm someone different
'Cause it's no fun to be predictably lame
From now on, let's do it different
'Cause I just want what I want
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Look for the girl who has put up with all of your shit
You've never needed anyone for so long
You learn in your bed, you've been gone for too long
To put in the time, but it's too late to make it strong
And all I want is your pity
Oh all I want is your bitter tears
Yeah, all I want is your pity
At least all I want are your bitter tears
Now, all I want is your pity
Oh all I want are your bitter tears
Yeah, all I want is your pity
Oh, all I want are your bitter tears
Wake with a start
And the dog and the girl are gone
So you pack up your things
And head into the lame unknown
You never had needed anything for so long
All I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears
Now all I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears
From now on, I'm someone different
'Cause it's no fun to be predictably lame
From now on, let's do it different
'Cause I just want what I want
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Lyrics submitted by _hideandseek, edited by Shiner627, wronglyric, jacktrembath, Jate
All I Want Lyrics as written by James Jeremiah Murphy
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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The last part should be:
From now on, I'm someone different 'Cause it's no fun to be predictably lame From now on, there's true indifference 'Cause I just want what I want
brodiebankyaz is right about the final stanza.
That's such a heartbreaking line<br /> <br /> "From now on, there's true indifference<br /> 'Cause I just want what I want"<br /> <br /> It's like "I'm totally apathetic because I want something and I know I can't have it"