"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.
Dear smoky room
Stardust in the eyes
Anything will rise
Our bellies bloomed
Sunset red fly toes
Haunted mind
Where I go there it goes
Your soul within mine
I'm a book in my dreams
See what I love you means
Far for the ground
Below the sky
No way around
Is where we hide
Between the sound
Before the light
My love and I live in never to be found
The music plays
Greatest overtimes
Candles burned down
For paper planes
Nothing is everything
Details too
You're the thrills for my wings
I'm flying for you
I'm a book in my dreams
See how I love you feels
Far for the ground
Below the sky
No way around
Is where we hide
Between the sound
Before the light
My love and I live in never to be found
J'ai fini d'me chercher
Falling into your nest
Depuis qu'j't' ai trouvé
I call it bliss
La meilleure personne en moi
For the best and less and the rest
Au fond see'est toujours toi
Nothing is quite like it use to be
Mon âme, mon amour, ma foi
Deep down inside of me
Les anges se passeront de toi
I'm done searching for myself
Reste encore au creux de moi
Since you're flowing in my vains
Cinq minutes jusqu'à l'infini
Chorus
Stardust in the eyes
Anything will rise
Our bellies bloomed
Sunset red fly toes
Haunted mind
Where I go there it goes
Your soul within mine
I'm a book in my dreams
See what I love you means
Far for the ground
Below the sky
No way around
Is where we hide
Between the sound
Before the light
My love and I live in never to be found
The music plays
Greatest overtimes
Candles burned down
For paper planes
Nothing is everything
Details too
You're the thrills for my wings
I'm flying for you
I'm a book in my dreams
See how I love you feels
Far for the ground
Below the sky
No way around
Is where we hide
Between the sound
Before the light
My love and I live in never to be found
J'ai fini d'me chercher
Falling into your nest
Depuis qu'j't' ai trouvé
I call it bliss
La meilleure personne en moi
For the best and less and the rest
Au fond see'est toujours toi
Nothing is quite like it use to be
Mon âme, mon amour, ma foi
Deep down inside of me
Les anges se passeront de toi
I'm done searching for myself
Reste encore au creux de moi
Since you're flowing in my vains
Cinq minutes jusqu'à l'infini
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by SantanicoPandemonium
Bliss Lyrics as written by Vanessa Paradis John Depp
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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