"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.
Are we safe at home tonight?
The sound moans an eagle crying out but trying not to show he's lost his pride
He looks for somewhere safe to die
And goes alone
His brother trying hard to push him in to give it one more try
Is it OK?
That my instinct wants him to survive
All of the deer just stand and look uptight
Look at the light! That's life or something
I'm sorry I caught you in my life
I'm hunting yet I don't know why
Eagle on my head tonight flies alone and needs some air before the height
That always seems a bit too high
And just that day
I could crush you with my tires driving down
from the mountains I can't climb
I'm just getting by eating or something
And I'm sorry I caught you in my night
I'm hunting yet I don't know why
But you backflip In the open
But you backflip in the oh why we he down on our bed and stuff anyway
why we he down on our bed and stuff anyway
Now my heart is taking over
Now my heart is taking over
When people start talking
It's hard to know why
Are we speaking our minds,
or just passing the time?
It's addictive like smoking
That clouds up the room
But I'd like to keep joking
and talking to you!
But you backflip in the open
But you backflip in the open
The sound moans an eagle crying out but trying not to show he's lost his pride
He looks for somewhere safe to die
And goes alone
His brother trying hard to push him in to give it one more try
Is it OK?
That my instinct wants him to survive
All of the deer just stand and look uptight
Look at the light! That's life or something
I'm sorry I caught you in my life
I'm hunting yet I don't know why
Eagle on my head tonight flies alone and needs some air before the height
That always seems a bit too high
And just that day
I could crush you with my tires driving down
from the mountains I can't climb
I'm just getting by eating or something
And I'm sorry I caught you in my night
I'm hunting yet I don't know why
But you backflip In the open
But you backflip in the oh why we he down on our bed and stuff anyway
why we he down on our bed and stuff anyway
Now my heart is taking over
Now my heart is taking over
When people start talking
It's hard to know why
Are we speaking our minds,
or just passing the time?
It's addictive like smoking
That clouds up the room
But I'd like to keep joking
and talking to you!
But you backflip in the open
But you backflip in the open
Lyrics submitted by tzaranblue, edited by Kribsbjerg
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