"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.
As I walk along this road,
I see your footsteps by my side,
As I walk I start to go
Start to go, Now I'm alive
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road(you lift us higher)
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road
Though I love to be with you
You're there for me and I'm there for you
Oh how i don't want to fall down
And jesus, you're on this road
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road(you lift us higher)
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road
I see your footsteps by my side,
As I walk I start to go
Start to go, Now I'm alive
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road(you lift us higher)
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road
Though I love to be with you
You're there for me and I'm there for you
Oh how i don't want to fall down
And jesus, you're on this road
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road(you lift us higher)
All along the Road(we'll see ourselves)
All along the Road
Lyrics submitted by warrenwheel
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Great version of a great song,
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um...i think the line goes liek this
"jesus, you are always around"
nope actually it is 'jesus your on this road'.. at least thats what one of the guys told me.. .
jesus is never wrong.
yay this song reminds me of biology...me and this boy used to sing it all of the time...it is JESUS you are always around...me and joel are bff...i would know.
tahts right. crushmycalm is righter than anyone else, jesus is never wrong. how could you say jesus is wrong. you make me sick. go listen to good music, and by good music i dont mean creed or nelly furtado. generally speaking, nothing thats on the radio.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't say Jesus is always wrong, that would defeat Noise Ratchet's purpose as a christian band, it's just a misunderstanding cause of how he says it, it really says jesus your on this road
THE CORRECT LINE IS "JESUS YOU ARE ALWAYS 'ROUND"
i've got the Original cd that's out of print that they used to sell at their shows back in the day right when the cd was released. it's sitting right in front of me with the lyric booklet.
why don't we repeat what everyone is saying a few more times. honestly.
Dr. Jacob, I'm sure he didn't mean it that way. It was an honest mistake. And since those are the wrong lyrics, just correct them. He/She never said that they think Jesus is wrong, and even if they did think he is wrong, what does it matter to you. It's his/her life and spirituality. If they were trying to promote that Jesus is wrong, I could see your point. So people that think like you make me sick.
this song is really fabulous