"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.
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
You and I go hard
At each other like we're going to war
You and I go rough
We keep throwing things and slamming the door
You and I get so
Damn dysfunctional, we start keeping score
You and I get sick
Yeah, I know that we can't do this no more, ayy
But baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go, ooh
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid
Crawling back to you
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
That I'll only stay with you one more night
And I know I said it a million times
But I'll only stay with you one more night
Try to tell you "no"
But my body keeps on telling you "yes"
Try to tell you "stop"
But your lipstick got me so out of breath
I'll be waking up
In the morning, probably hating myself
And I'll be waking up
Feeling satisfied but guilty as hell, ayy
But baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you (making me love you)
And yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go, ooh (let it all go)
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo (like a tattoo, yeah)
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid
Crawling back to you
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (oh-oh)
And I know I said it a million times (yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah)
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Whoa, yeah
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Oh, yeah, yeah
And baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (oh, oh-oh-oh)
And I know I said it a million times
(Oh, I said it a million times)
But I'll only stay with you one more night
(Yeah, baby, give me one more night)
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (yeah, yeah, yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And I know I said it a million times (yeah, yeah, yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah)
I don't know, whatever
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
You and I go hard
At each other like we're going to war
You and I go rough
We keep throwing things and slamming the door
You and I get so
Damn dysfunctional, we start keeping score
You and I get sick
Yeah, I know that we can't do this no more, ayy
But baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go, ooh
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid
Crawling back to you
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
That I'll only stay with you one more night
And I know I said it a million times
But I'll only stay with you one more night
Try to tell you "no"
But my body keeps on telling you "yes"
Try to tell you "stop"
But your lipstick got me so out of breath
I'll be waking up
In the morning, probably hating myself
And I'll be waking up
Feeling satisfied but guilty as hell, ayy
But baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you (making me love you)
And yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go, ooh (let it all go)
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo (like a tattoo, yeah)
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid
Crawling back to you
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (oh-oh)
And I know I said it a million times (yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah)
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Whoa, yeah
Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Oh, yeah, yeah
And baby, there you go again, there you go again
Making me love you
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head
Let it all go
Got you stuck on my body, on my body
Like a tattoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (oh, oh-oh-oh)
And I know I said it a million times
(Oh, I said it a million times)
But I'll only stay with you one more night
(Yeah, baby, give me one more night)
So I cross my heart and I hope to die (yeah, yeah, yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And I know I said it a million times (yeah, yeah, yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah)
I don't know, whatever
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy., edited by ale22
One More Night Lyrics as written by Johan Karl Schuster Adam Noah Levine
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is about narcissistic abuse. This is about the non abuser trying to get away but keeps getting sucked back into the abuse by the abuser. Narcissistic relationships are exactly how this is described with the fighting and the making up. Narcissists love drama and they love the negative because it gives them power. This song demonstrates how a person knows they need to leave and tries but then that other person lays on the charm and reals them back in only to harm them again and again. Vicious cycle of charm to harm.
"Baby there you go again making me love you"...the charm is back on and the victim, "not using my head I let it all go" letting your guard down and allowing the fake charm and love back in.
The "feeling stupid and crawling back to you", because this vicious cycle continues on and on with the narcissist. They are incapable of really loving or feeling and the abused one knows this deep down but they go back any way because they so want to believe that they are loved by their narcissist the same way they love them. Ultimately, they want so badly to have a loving nurturing relationship with the fake persona that the narcissiat puts on, but the fake persona never lasts behind closed doors and they are back and at their "bully" state again.
The narcissist generally appears like the perfect husband or wife to everyone not closely related. And they don't allow co-workers and neighbors to see the bad side in most cases. They lie and blame everything on the one they are abusing. Even making the abused feel responsible for their affairs and everything. They down play their faults and over exaggerate their achievements. While they do the opposite for your faults and achievemnts. They have to be "king of the mountain" at all cost and they truly don't care about anyone else. They are incapable.
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@Gurangel You nailed it! I can speak from experience because I am just coming out of a relationship with a woman like this. The constant drama, abuse, push and pull has completely done my head in. She's hot and knows she can use sex to get me back at aytime she wants, then she just drains my energy till I become a doormat and finds some excuse to take off with another man. My only consolation is knowing that she has to live with the horrible person that she is.