"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.
A shot in the dark
A past, lost in space
And where do I start?
The past and the chase
You hunted me down
Like a wolf, a predator
I felt like a deer in love lights
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
Did she lie and wait
Was I bait, to pull you in
The thrill of the kill
You feel, is a sin
I lay with the wolves
Alone, it seems
I thought I was part of you
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
Falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
I'm falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
Falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
A past, lost in space
And where do I start?
The past and the chase
You hunted me down
Like a wolf, a predator
I felt like a deer in love lights
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
Did she lie and wait
Was I bait, to pull you in
The thrill of the kill
You feel, is a sin
I lay with the wolves
Alone, it seems
I thought I was part of you
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
Falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
I'm falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
Falling to pieces (Falling to pieces)
Lyrics submitted by Amunet, edited by whatthefucc, chrisaiolia, AngieBaby
She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) Lyrics as written by Christopher Kenneth Braide Pierre David Guetta
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I believe this song is about how a man approaches a woman. She is being "hunted down" like a "deer". It could be about the adventure of many attractive women. They are being hit on for their flesh. Not knowing if someone is in love with them or simply wants to go to bed with them. So this makes them feel like they're among "wolves"(men), who are waiting for a chance to "attack"(approach/hit on them). The song starts, the woman has been hurt emotionally by a man. But I feel like this song describes the man's and the woman's point of view. "The thrill of the kill, you feel like a sin." "Winning" a girl but feeling bad because your intentions are to simply enjoy her flesh. You might force yourself to say things you don't mean only to deceive her. You feel like you should stop but you can't. You are blinded by her beauty, willing to do anything to "win" her. You push yourself to stop but then all you can see is her face, her body, or both and the more you are exposed to them, the more instinct takes over. Then your main driving force is instinct, which explains why in this song the man is called a wolf. But what happens when the girl is herself a wolf among wolves? She knows what you want, she also wants you in a way. And that fight inside her between what's right and what her instincts want makes her fall to pieces. And whether you win that she-wolf or not is up to her. The wolf hunts down its prey and kills it. The man hits on the woman and has sex with her. The first sentence is a metaphor of the second one. To sum up, I think it's obvious that this song's center is the man's desperate hunt for women.