"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.
Caught somewhere close to this world
Close enough to watch beside
Where else could have we retired
When there's no place at all, No, Dear
Is there a haven for those who can't wait no more
Would there be a haven for us
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
"You think you're withering but you're not withering"
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
You know I have tried not to forget
How I suffered from everything
That was within (and all over) me
And what we used to be like
In the haven where I lived
Without you, Without you
Now would you help me
'Cause I've seen this already
Have I taken it all with me
â??And I'm so easily caught
Forgive me that I'm caught in this
That I can't help it like I couldn't help it beforeâ??
You know I have tried not to forget
How I suffered from everything
That was within (and all over) me
And what we used to be like
In the haven where I lived
Without you, Without you
Close enough to watch beside
Where else could have we retired
When there's no place at all, No, Dear
Is there a haven for those who can't wait no more
Would there be a haven for us
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
"You think you're withering but you're not withering"
Mordant wrath is like a dead tree
For my ears were, They were killing me
You know I have tried not to forget
How I suffered from everything
That was within (and all over) me
And what we used to be like
In the haven where I lived
Without you, Without you
Now would you help me
'Cause I've seen this already
Have I taken it all with me
â??And I'm so easily caught
Forgive me that I'm caught in this
That I can't help it like I couldn't help it beforeâ??
You know I have tried not to forget
How I suffered from everything
That was within (and all over) me
And what we used to be like
In the haven where I lived
Without you, Without you
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
More Withering Lyrics as written by Harri Olavi Pikka Antti Filppu
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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