"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.
The world as I see it
Is a remarkable place
A beautiful house in a forest
Of stars in outer space
From a birds eye view
I can see it has a well-rounded personality
From a birds eye view, I can see
We are family
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
Because you are the world to me
Yeah the world as I see it
Is a remarkable place
Every man makes a difference
And every mothers child is a saint
From a birds eye view I can see
We are spiraling down in gravity
From a birds eye view I can see
You are just like me
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Oh I really love you unconditionally
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Oh I really love you
Love you are the world to me.
You are the mountain
You are the rock
You are the cord
And you’re the spark
You are the eagle
You are the lark
You are the world
And you’re remarkable
You’re the ocean eating the shore
You are the calm inside the storm
You’re every emotion, you can endure
You are the world and the world is yours
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you, no it’s not a difficult thing
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you, unconditionally
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you,
Because you are the world to me.
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you no it’s not a difficult thing.
It’s not hard for me to love you hard for me to love you
Because you are the world to me.
Yeah the world as I see it, is a remarkable place
Is a remarkable place
A beautiful house in a forest
Of stars in outer space
From a birds eye view
I can see it has a well-rounded personality
From a birds eye view, I can see
We are family
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
Because you are the world to me
Yeah the world as I see it
Is a remarkable place
Every man makes a difference
And every mothers child is a saint
From a birds eye view I can see
We are spiraling down in gravity
From a birds eye view I can see
You are just like me
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Oh I really love you unconditionally
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Oh I really love you
Love you are the world to me.
You are the mountain
You are the rock
You are the cord
And you’re the spark
You are the eagle
You are the lark
You are the world
And you’re remarkable
You’re the ocean eating the shore
You are the calm inside the storm
You’re every emotion, you can endure
You are the world and the world is yours
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you, no it’s not a difficult thing
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you, unconditionally
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you
No it’s not a difficult thing
It’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you,
Because you are the world to me.
No it’s not hard for me to love you
Hard for me to love you no it’s not a difficult thing.
It’s not hard for me to love you hard for me to love you
Because you are the world to me.
Yeah the world as I see it, is a remarkable place
Lyrics submitted by EmilyHelena
The World As I See It Lyrics as written by Rick Nowels Jason Mraz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Word Collections Publishing, Goo-Eyed Music
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I agree that the song is about peace and love. For the 'from a birds eye view', I think Jason means taking the view to look at the Earth from the universe, so that all the people are living on the same planet, and 'we are family'. I think 'a well-rounded personality' also echoes with the Earth's shape.