"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.
In the spring we made a boat
Out of feathers, out of bones
We set fire to our homes
Walking barefoot in the snow
Distant rhythm of the drum
As we drifted towards the storm
Baby lion lost his teeth
Now they're swimming in the sea
Troubled spirits on my chest
Where they laid to rest
The birds all left, my tall friend
As your body hit the sand
Million stars up in the sky
Formed a tiger's eye
That looked down on my face
Out of time and out of place
So hold on
Hold on to what we are
Hold on to your heart
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Awaken by the sound
Of a screaming owl
Chasing leaves in the wind
Going where we've never been
Said goodbye to you my friend
As the fire spread
All that's left are your bones
That will soon sink like stones
So hold on
Hold on to what we are
Hold on to your heart
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
So hold on
Hold on to your heart
Out of feathers, out of bones
We set fire to our homes
Walking barefoot in the snow
Distant rhythm of the drum
As we drifted towards the storm
Baby lion lost his teeth
Now they're swimming in the sea
Troubled spirits on my chest
Where they laid to rest
The birds all left, my tall friend
As your body hit the sand
Million stars up in the sky
Formed a tiger's eye
That looked down on my face
Out of time and out of place
So hold on
Hold on to what we are
Hold on to your heart
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Awaken by the sound
Of a screaming owl
Chasing leaves in the wind
Going where we've never been
Said goodbye to you my friend
As the fire spread
All that's left are your bones
That will soon sink like stones
So hold on
Hold on to what we are
Hold on to your heart
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
So hold on
Hold on to your heart
Lyrics submitted by Macuahuitl
Your Bones Lyrics as written by Ragnar Thorhallsson Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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