"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.
Save me now
Set me free
"If you could only show me how"
Show me how
To live my dream
"Living the dream I will die"
Aiming high
Shooting low
"You won't be laughing when I'm"
To raise the bar
Or take the fall?
"Climbing the mountain"
Someone rescue me
Help me, please!
Against all odds
I long to be free
Will no one listen to my plea?
The sky is falling in on me
"Save me now, set me free, show me how, live a dream
Aiming high, shooting low, raise the bar, take the fall
Rescue me, help me please, how long to be free
Intervene, I'll defeat, all those who stepped on me"
Intervene
I'll defeat
All the people who
Stepped on me
You have been standing in my way
You won't believe it when I'm
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
When my name becomes tomorrow's news
On top of the mountain I cannot be moved
I scale the summit like an unstoppable force
With iron wings I will prove my worth to you all
I will be dancing on your grave
You won't be laughing when I'm
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
Too close to the flame
Ambition has burned me
With my wings ablaze
I'm falling back to Earth
Now that my feathers are broken
Crestfallen my head is bowed
Splashing down into the ocean
Something seems different now
The world I once knew has eroded
Humanity's fossilized
The beasts have become the new masters
Is reality compromised?
Advanced technological breakthroughs
And superior firepower
The frontiers of war and resistance
Seem abstract and vacant now
For countless years I have been longing
To apologize, apologize
A world without end is upon us
But time is in short supply
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
Too close to the flame
Ambition has burned me
With my wings ablaze
I'm falling back to Earth
Set me free
"If you could only show me how"
Show me how
To live my dream
"Living the dream I will die"
Aiming high
Shooting low
"You won't be laughing when I'm"
To raise the bar
Or take the fall?
"Climbing the mountain"
Someone rescue me
Help me, please!
Against all odds
I long to be free
Will no one listen to my plea?
The sky is falling in on me
"Save me now, set me free, show me how, live a dream
Aiming high, shooting low, raise the bar, take the fall
Rescue me, help me please, how long to be free
Intervene, I'll defeat, all those who stepped on me"
Intervene
I'll defeat
All the people who
Stepped on me
You have been standing in my way
You won't believe it when I'm
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
When my name becomes tomorrow's news
On top of the mountain I cannot be moved
I scale the summit like an unstoppable force
With iron wings I will prove my worth to you all
I will be dancing on your grave
You won't be laughing when I'm
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
Too close to the flame
Ambition has burned me
With my wings ablaze
I'm falling back to Earth
Now that my feathers are broken
Crestfallen my head is bowed
Splashing down into the ocean
Something seems different now
The world I once knew has eroded
Humanity's fossilized
The beasts have become the new masters
Is reality compromised?
Advanced technological breakthroughs
And superior firepower
The frontiers of war and resistance
Seem abstract and vacant now
For countless years I have been longing
To apologize, apologize
A world without end is upon us
But time is in short supply
Soaring through the sky
Free from your burden
Say your last goodbyes
I won't be back again
Too close to the flame
Ambition has burned me
With my wings ablaze
I'm falling back to Earth
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
Falling Back to Earth Lyrics as written by Diego Andres Tejeida Ledesma Charles David Griffiths
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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