"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 are the candle and love's the flame
A fire that burns through wind and rain
Shine your light on this heart of mine
Till the end of time
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied
With all my soul I've tried in vain
How can mere words my heart explain
This taste of heaven so deep so true
I've found in you, oh yeah
So many reasons in so many ways
My life has just begun
Need you forever, I need you to stay
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied, oh
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin', shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied (said I loved you but I lied)
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong (said I loved you but I'm wrong)
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you (said I loved you)
But this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you, but I lied
A fire that burns through wind and rain
Shine your light on this heart of mine
Till the end of time
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied
With all my soul I've tried in vain
How can mere words my heart explain
This taste of heaven so deep so true
I've found in you, oh yeah
So many reasons in so many ways
My life has just begun
Need you forever, I need you to stay
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied, oh
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin', shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied (said I loved you but I lied)
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong (said I loved you but I'm wrong)
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you (said I loved you)
But this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you, but I lied
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Wow... what an incredible song!!! One of the best love songs of all time in my opinion!!! This is like, the most passionate song i've heard!!! It's beyond love!!! wow. Can't imagine falling that deep into love!! Kinda scary. Anyway, love the tune to this song, the words and his voice - the way he sings it!! Such a smooth song, so romantic and just purely breath-taking.
I love that song!!!...so much I'm even considering to dance to it at my wedding, hahah, as weird as it may sound.
This song is about banging a hooker... not even joking.
So cheesy...It's good!
Yes, I like some Bolton songs and I'm not ashamed to admit it!
like that songg .. like bolton too !! .. better than this shit we hear nowadays !!! ...
A love so strong, that it belies love itself
You have to be in love so much before you can even come close to understand this song.
I admit that I love this song. I don't like Bolton so much,but he sings this really good. The words- sigh. :) The emotion of "love" just isn't deep enough or strong enough word to encompass all that he feels for his love. ;)
i hate this song