"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.
What must I have become to deserve all the shit that you gave me
The rocks look like a body in the river, now I just wish that I could sleep
To keep me from thinking but the thoughts keep me up
It's been two months since you taught me not to trust
But you kept your promise
You make patterns in my face, you painted pictures with my tears
And you did it again, I knew that you would
Thank you for showing me there's more
Wash off your hands, it's time to let go, release them
Give time to your heart, give time to your soul, release them all
The rocks look like a body in the river, now I just wish that I could sleep
To keep me from thinking but the thoughts keep me up
It's been two months since you taught me not to trust
But you kept your promise
You make patterns in my face, you painted pictures with my tears
And you did it again, I knew that you would
Thank you for showing me there's more
Wash off your hands, it's time to let go, release them
Give time to your heart, give time to your soul, release them all
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Great version of a great song,
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Now we have all the album songs for Biffy Clyro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful. does anyone know if we are the first people on the net to do that???????
I absolutely love this song. Every single time i hear it i get a huge lump in my throat, it's definately my favourite biffy clyro song.
I guess it's about a guy who tried to hold onto a relationship and in doing so got hurt, badly. "What must I have become to deserve all the shit that you gave me?"
The relationship ended and it tore him apart "it's been two months since you taught me not to trust" He doesn't blame her, because he knew that this would happen "but you kept your promise, you made patterns in my face, you painted pictures with my tears, and you did it again, I knew that you would"
She helped him learn about the world, and give him a reason to carry on with his life, even though she isn't in it anymore. "Thank you for showing me there's more"
She did hurt him, but there's no point in trying again, it will just happen again, so it's time for them both to just move on. "It's time to let go"
Though it's rather self explanitory. BJS xXx
The lines "and you did it again" and "you kept you promise "lead me to believe that this is a song about someone who's given someone else another chance after getting hurt by them already. This time it's broken the person completely and they have to let go of the person and their faith and hope in them.
Whoever submitted the lyrics can't quite grasp the concept of English... I say, if you write like that, drink bleach.
To me this song is about closure. It's about finally seeing the truth, recognising that someone has hurt you, and moving on.