"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.
if there was a time and a place to let go of this heart, it's right now, it's always. It's not fair, it still hurts. I pretend that she asks, "do you know why stars shine?" but I can't tell her why. Keep your head between your knees, it's not fair, it's not fair. I'm trying not to breathe. It's all wrong, it still hurts, i'm still looking for the words. It's not fair, it's not fair, i'm still waiting for my turn. And I know that these words are the hardest ones to hear. I still wish I was home, watching your hands move to mine.
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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the first time i heard this song, i wanted to cry! this song pretty much describes what it feels like to have a broken heart, and you wil lnever understand why things didnt work out between you two...
He tries to describe what he is feeling, and like every person with a broken heart he is thinking about dying "I'm trying not to breathe" it's just beautiful
exactly how i feel..cept that Penfold vocalize it even better..so much emotion so much energy....when i listen to other bands..id find their songs bland and flat compared to Penfold...
I do love this song - simply amazing. Everyone's been there.
i love this song...and i think that everyone can at some point or another agree that these lyrics feel like home.
this is one of the best songs ever written. i cry almost everytime i hear this song it descibes everything i feel right now!
great song. It's actually the first song i've ever heard by Penfold. I'll definitely have to look into downloading some of their other songs. :)
yeah these song lyrics are really good....and most everyone can relate to them...yay for penfold!!!
question...? does anybody else think that when he says "and i know these words are the hardest to hear' he may be talking to himself? i think it gives an interesting perspective on the song
I'd guess that the words are more along the lines of "I'm leaving", or maybe "It's over". Or quite possibly, "I miss you". I hate being a sappy bastard. As always, it is open to interpretation.