"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.
Picture myself as a thin white child
Back to the day I was born on
They slapped me into line as it crossed my mind
I've felt better
I've felt worse
This is my life and it's all very well but never again
As they say "we've been robbed"
And don't you know that this time
Love, just love yourself like no one else
Love, it's enough
They can say what they like but they still can't take that
Distance myself from the things I'd like but
Everyone has something I need
Don't let me wake up & find
All those others leaving me behind
If you don't have a clue about life
Then I'm happy to say neither have I
Although I'm not going to shrug my shoulders & suck my thumb
This time
'cause there's something I deserve
Love, just love yourself like no one else
Love, it's enough
They can say what they like but they still can't take that
Picture my house in a postcard town
Picture a bomb in the sky
History at the door who could ask for more?
I've felt better
So kill me with love
Just love yourself like no one else
Time's so scarce where I come from
Let them say what they like 'cause they still can't take your love
Back to the day I was born on
They slapped me into line as it crossed my mind
I've felt better
I've felt worse
This is my life and it's all very well but never again
As they say "we've been robbed"
And don't you know that this time
Love, just love yourself like no one else
Love, it's enough
They can say what they like but they still can't take that
Distance myself from the things I'd like but
Everyone has something I need
Don't let me wake up & find
All those others leaving me behind
If you don't have a clue about life
Then I'm happy to say neither have I
Although I'm not going to shrug my shoulders & suck my thumb
This time
'cause there's something I deserve
Love, just love yourself like no one else
Love, it's enough
They can say what they like but they still can't take that
Picture my house in a postcard town
Picture a bomb in the sky
History at the door who could ask for more?
I've felt better
So kill me with love
Just love yourself like no one else
Time's so scarce where I come from
Let them say what they like 'cause they still can't take your love
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar, edited by PuddenTane
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Isn't this such a feel good song? "Love, just love yourself like no one else. Love, it's enough!" It just makes me want to be nothing but positive.
I remember spotting this song on a VHS I left recording MTV accidently overnight, back in 96... I was a teen and was very depressed that day - but then I saw the video for "Love"... Probably my favourite Sundays song ever.
This song as a good message.
This song has a good message.
Some people as saying this is a positive uplifting song, but it's actually a sad song as well. I think this song is about a person that was born with something wrong with them, like an illness of some sort. They are saying "No matter how bad things get for me, I won't lose my love for myself... but, I'm not going to live very long."
"They slapped me into line as it crossed my mind." I think this means, I thought about ending my life, but was talked out of it."
"I've felt better, I've felt worse" Indicates there's some kind of illness.
"This is my life and it's all very well but never again " Meaning, this is the life I have, but I wouldn't want to go through this again.
"As they say, we've been robbed" This person was "robbed" of a normal life.
"I'm not going to shrug my shoulders & suck my thumb" - As bad as my life is, I'm not giving up.
"Picture my house in a postcard town, Picture a bomb in the sky" - Yes, I'm alive and I love myself, but it's all about to end.
"Time's so scarce where I come from" - Indicates the person is near death.
CHANGE THESE LYRICS BACK TO THE SUNDAYS' SONG "LOVE" or FUCKING CHANGE THE SONG TITLE. Here are the REAL LYRICS to "Love" by "The Sundays":
Picture myself as a thin white child Back to the day I was born on They slapped me into line as it crossed my mind I've felt better I've felt worse This is my life and it's all very well but never again As they say "we've been robbed" And don't you know that this time Love, just love yourself like no one else Love, it's enough They can say what they like but they still can't take that Distance myself from the things I'd like but Everyone has something I need Don't let me wake up & find All those others leaving me behind If you don't have a clue about life Then I'm happy to say neither have I Although I'm not going to shrug my shoulders & suck my thumb This time 'cause there's something I deserve Love, just love yourself like no one else Love, it's enough They can say what they like but they still can't take that Picture my house in a postcard town Picture a bomb in the sky History at the door who could ask for more? I've felt better So kill me with love Just love yourself like no one else Time's so scarce where I come from Let them say what they like 'cause they still can't take your love