"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.
You rise like a wave in the ocean
And you fall gently back to the sea
Now I want to know how to hold you
Return to me
You shine like the moon over water
And you darken the sky when you leave
Now I want to know how to keep you
Return to me
Turn to me
Everything I tell you has been spoken
And everything I say was said before
But everything I feel is for the first time
And everything I feel, I feel for you
I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me
I know what it means to be lonely
And I know what it means to be free
Now I want to know how to love you
Return to me
I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me
I am here
Return to me
And you fall gently back to the sea
Now I want to know how to hold you
Return to me
You shine like the moon over water
And you darken the sky when you leave
Now I want to know how to keep you
Return to me
Turn to me
Everything I tell you has been spoken
And everything I say was said before
But everything I feel is for the first time
And everything I feel, I feel for you
I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me
I know what it means to be lonely
And I know what it means to be free
Now I want to know how to love you
Return to me
I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me
I am here
Return to me
Lyrics submitted by TheMadJester
Return to Me Lyrics as written by Julie Flanders Emil Adler
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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sony canceled their contract so they broke up. when I first saw their video "bury my lovely" the hair stood up on my arms and I was hooked forever.
Amazing song.
i loooooooooooove this song
whatever happened to this band? They were so great...
so winderful a song!!!! my god!!!
This song is one of those with the power to strongly pin up certain memories. As for me, automatically it takes me back to 1995. But I think the lyrics are not well developded. I think they could have benefited from a deeper and richer imagery.
Nonetheless, it is a beautiful piece which still holds magic in between its lines.
I have no response to this song -- or, indeed, to a good half of those two October Project albums with Mary Fahl -- but to break down and sob. Devastatingly beautiful.