"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.
I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
Does it have to be a life full of dread?
Wanna chase you round the table, wanna touch your head
Does it have to be a life full of dread?
Wanna chase you round the table, wanna touch your head
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When you taste so good
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When my headache burns
That love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
Even in the summer, even in the spring
You can never get too much of a wonderful thing
You're the only story that I never told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
You're the only story that never been told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
Does it have to be a life full of dread?
Wanna chase you round the table, wanna touch your head
Does it have to be a life full of dread?
Wanna chase you round the table, wanna touch your head
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When you taste so good
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When my headache burns
That love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
Even in the summer, even in the spring
You can never get too much of a wonderful thing
You're the only story that I never told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
You're the only story that never been told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
Lyrics submitted by shut, edited by bluestraggler, eclipse799, Pinkoviski
This Is Love Lyrics as written by Polly Jean Harvey
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.,
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