"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.
I was searching
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halos fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
And we'll die
We'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halos fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
And we'll die
We'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
Lyrics submitted by mooaura, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) Lyrics as written by Matt Bellamy
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is a total and geniune MASTERPIECE from start to finish. Anything sounds perfect it from the gentle piano and Bellamy subtle voice (reminiscent of the late Freddie Mercury) then the excellent backing vocals from Christopher Wolstenholme to the epic drummage explosion from the brillant Dominic Howard , brillantly melted with the synthe riff.
This track would have fit EASILY on their brillant fifth album and it's easily their best work after MK Ultra and Resistance on it.
I'm laughing pretty hard at all the so called haters who are crying out loud "Muse is my fave band ever but this is mainstream shit !" "they suck ! they ve sold their soul to the twilight devil !" "where is the band who was making time is running out and bliss" ROFLMAO How IRONIC Is THIS ? Nothing is more MAINSTREAM and CHEESY Lyrically AND Musically Wise than Bliss and TIRO !
Give me the peace and joy in your mind for four straight minutes = ultra cheesy and repetitive
I wanna play the game, I want the friction ! = super cheesy and one of their worst work EVER.
NSC totally blews those two out of the water by it's deepness, subtility, poetry, sensitivity and unique majestic aura.
This is a pure beauty and I'm so glad they do play it on EVERY SINGLE GIG since it's released, a beautiful way to tell you HATERS to STICK IT To The Arse BIG TIME !
MUSE Is ALIVE and better than EVER !
Oh and I'm laughing so hard at the guy who claimed Matt's voice is not as good as it was six years ago.
Reality check : He has never sang as greatly as NOW.
Listen to the so called masterpiece OOS and compare his voice there to what we can hear on this track and resistance = He has improved big time and NSC destroys anything from Showbiz vocally wise IMO
Are you telling me that there is as much emotion in his voice as their used to be? Dead star being the perfect example. I was a little harsh to say his voice has deteriorated, but it has changed, and just to point out, you obviously don't know what Time is running out is about if you think it has cheesy lyrics, so get your facts correct before you start ranting about people
I totally agree with you Kyledusk.
Joe Rosenfeld, you've just shown me how awful your knowledge of music and Bellamy voice and lyrics in particular is.<br /> <br /> His voice is unbeareable on Dead Star album recording. The guy screams like a pig someone is opening the throat with a knife ! <br /> <br /> While here Bellamy poses his voice way way better, anyone with a proper ear AND knowledge about how to use your voice efficiently to sing better (I can tell I've been getting singing lessons for years) will tell you that his singing has improved BIG TIME between the OOS/Dead Star Era and The Resistance one.<br /> <br /> He was always losing his breathe and breathing way too heavily between every line he was singing on the first two albums.<br /> <br /> Since Absolution, he has learned to use it more wisely and efficently the way I've studied how to not abuse mine via "screaming" more than "singing" (and that's exactly what he is doing in Dead Star studio recording, screaming over singing).<br /> <br /> As for the lyrics, I've been studying any single aspect of Muse music for years now and especially the lyrics since that's my own speciality (I write about many things from movies to music to social and philosophical subjects as well).<br /> <br /> And FACT IS TIRO lyrics are some of the cheesiest and crapiest Matt has ever written.<br /> <br /> NSC ones blew them out of the water easily IMO cause NSC deals with something extremely powerful and simple as the same time and something we can all relate to.<br /> <br /> So next time you try to bash someone else, KNOW YOUR FACTS before going back to him and learn to shut your mouth down when you have no clue about what you're talking about.<br /> <br />