"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.
Surrounded
Sunk deep in the dense embrace of the forest
I imagine this is the polar opposite of suffocation
My lungs seem to gain extra capacity here
And I feel like an empty inbox
As I, contemplate the ultimate assault course
The roots, the stumps, the branches
I squint into eternity
As I try to get to grips with the fact that we have no idea what we're dealing with
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged now
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged now
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged
I'm hyper aware
I shiver and short circuit
At the depths of the universe
I'm hyper aware
I shiver and short circuit
At the depths of the universe
We are the dust on the stained glass windows
Trying to comprehend the cathedral
We are the dust on the stained glass windows
Trying to comprehend the cathedral
Sunk deep in the dense embrace of the forest
I imagine this is the polar opposite of suffocation
My lungs seem to gain extra capacity here
And I feel like an empty inbox
As I, contemplate the ultimate assault course
The roots, the stumps, the branches
I squint into eternity
As I try to get to grips with the fact that we have no idea what we're dealing with
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged now
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged now
My lungs will with air
I feel supercharged
I'm hyper aware
I shiver and short circuit
At the depths of the universe
I'm hyper aware
I shiver and short circuit
At the depths of the universe
We are the dust on the stained glass windows
Trying to comprehend the cathedral
We are the dust on the stained glass windows
Trying to comprehend the cathedral
Lyrics submitted by BlueDiamondx3
Shinrin-Yoku Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Christopher John Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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