"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.
"this dream never ends" you said
"this feel never goes
The time will never come to slip away"
"this wave never breaks" you said
"this sun never sets again
These flowers will never fade"
"this world never stops" you said
"this wonder never leaves
The time will never come to say goodbye"
"this tide never turns" you said
"this night never falls again
These flowers will never die"
Never die
Never die
These flowers will never die
"this dream always ends" I said
"this feeling always goes
The time always comes to slip away"
"this wave always breaks" I said
"this sun always sets again
And these flowers will always fade"
"this world always stops" I said
"this wonder always leaves
The time always comes to say goodbye"
"this tide always turns" I said
"this night always falls again
And these flowers will always die"
Always die
Always die
These flowers will always die
Between you and me
It's hard to ever really know
Who to trust
How to think
What to believe
Between me and you
It's hard to ever really know
Who to choose
How to feel
What to do
Never fade
Never die
You give me flowers of love
Always fade
Always die
I let fall flowers of blood
"this feel never goes
The time will never come to slip away"
"this wave never breaks" you said
"this sun never sets again
These flowers will never fade"
"this world never stops" you said
"this wonder never leaves
The time will never come to say goodbye"
"this tide never turns" you said
"this night never falls again
These flowers will never die"
Never die
Never die
These flowers will never die
"this dream always ends" I said
"this feeling always goes
The time always comes to slip away"
"this wave always breaks" I said
"this sun always sets again
And these flowers will always fade"
"this world always stops" I said
"this wonder always leaves
The time always comes to say goodbye"
"this tide always turns" I said
"this night always falls again
And these flowers will always die"
Always die
Always die
These flowers will always die
Between you and me
It's hard to ever really know
Who to trust
How to think
What to believe
Between me and you
It's hard to ever really know
Who to choose
How to feel
What to do
Never fade
Never die
You give me flowers of love
Always fade
Always die
I let fall flowers of blood
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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She is so unrealistic and dreamy. He is so realistic and factual. The relationship could work, but the outside world influences won't let it! He knows it will fade and die. He morns the death of the relationship and thus let's fall the flowers of blood.
randyg4's pretty much got it in my opinion. Rather than it being pessimistic and optimistic people, it makes more sense to believe that he's much more of a realist than she is. I don't think the relationship could work at all, it's probably already over in this song, because he's saying the flowers will fade. The flowers SHE gave him. They've faded, along with the relationship and yeah, he's mourning the relationship. This is my favourite song because I'm a realist like him, it makes sense.
omg @!sonia, u so hit it on the nail! his love comes from her expressing her own love of the world. he becomes bitter about the relationship as he realizes her love is not about him - it's not "personal" love - she is coming from a place of abundance - love (flowers) for everyone. he suffers (thus making her flowers "bloodflowers") because he can't accept the relationship won't work the way he thought it was going to and is coming to grips his dream has an end and he must move on...
basically, all things have to end, maybe thats just the message of the whole album for instance "there is no if, jus when", "the fire is almost out, theres nothing left to burn"...... nothing lasts forever, beautiful song and album
you again! :>
The constant struggle between the optimistic, loving, caring, gentle girl, and the hurt, scared, bitter boy who cant accept her love, and thus drives her away....
fleaaaaaa is right, all things come to an end, and maybe this song conveys a certain acceptance after persistance, without change......robert smith is amazing, yet the man is so humble! -he is a genius1
LIES LIES LIES, it's all she(or whoever) ever told him, (she) tried to make a world of fantasy for him, telling him that everything would be ok that everything would work out, she spread the butter for him, (made things way easy) but he realized that all she was about were LIES LIES LIES (she) promised truth, and love forever. LIES ... WE ALL KNOW FLOWERS WILL ALWAYS DIE
I agree with what you're all saying, but it could also be a song dealing with optimists versus pessimists. I know this is only scratching the surface of the lyrics, but it's just another way of looking at them :)
Nothing about the cure is ever this obvious... Listen harder I say
just pure powerful cure, great contrast in the song from beginning to end (start out sorta mellow and then just jams at the end), great changeups in keys. One of the 2 best songs on this album next to 39