"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.
We were lovers
We were kissers
We were holders of hands
We were make believers
Just losing time
And you said you'd rather live in TV land
Than say that you care
But you don't
That's heartless and I will not cry
But I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
Your dreams of acting onscreen
What do they mean
You'll be dancing sexless in your bedroom
And you find yourself out of a job
And before too long
You'll be selling lemonade to the overpaid
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
I remember
It was summer
I was out of my head
But you weren't you're self-assured
Waste of space
But I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
We were kissers
We were holders of hands
We were make believers
Just losing time
And you said you'd rather live in TV land
Than say that you care
But you don't
That's heartless and I will not cry
But I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
Your dreams of acting onscreen
What do they mean
You'll be dancing sexless in your bedroom
And you find yourself out of a job
And before too long
You'll be selling lemonade to the overpaid
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
I remember
It was summer
I was out of my head
But you weren't you're self-assured
Waste of space
But I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
And I'm still in love
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Still in Love Song Lyrics as written by Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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It is so sad being stuck in love with someone. "We were lovers/ we were kissers/ we were holders of hands." That's hard to lose.
he was in love with this girl.. they had their time together, and she decided to go off to hollywood 'tv land' to persue her dream, so she gives him up for this.. he cares about him, but not that much and 'it's heartless' to him.. meaning it broke his heart but he won't cry about it..
..the narrator is still in love with her despite his bitterness about her breaking his heart, and knows that her dreams won't work out or maybe he hopes they won't in his own vengeful mind..
she made him fall over heels, and left him for her own reasons and as much as he hopes the worse for her.. he has to admit he's still in love with her
'You're selfish and a waste of space...but I'm still in love' What an amzingly truthful line. The the line that sticks out to me, bacuse I can relate, and I;m sure many others can. You're in that post-relationship period where you say you hate that person, but the only reason you claim to hate them is because you're still deeply infatuated with them. There's a thin line between love and hate, and that's what the song is basically about.
"We were lovers We were kissers we were holders of hands, we were make believers"
I love that. it's great how he is kind of insulting lovers who think they are in love. passion can sometimes be confused with love, hence, make believing.... it never lasts, i mean, reality comes knocking one way or another.
i think it's "you'll be dancing senseless in your bedroom", not sexless. and it's also "i remember/it was summer/i was out of my head/but you weren't/you're selfish and/a waste of space"
i think it's "you'll be dancing senseless in your bedroom", not sexless. and it's also "i remember/it was summer/i was out of my head/but you weren't/you're selfish and/a waste of space"
I think it's senseless too. But it's still a nice song.
I love this song.... Seems to be about the speaker who still is infatuated with the subject, even though they [probably she] was acting totally sophomoric and supercilious..... I checked the stills's website - thestills.net/ and birthcontrolblues' corrections are right according to the website. You can get the entire album's lyrics from there.
its so awesome not letting go of someone this is so sad and pretty the end
losing* They're right, it is senseless, not sexless, learn to listen before you type it
Well, the song is most likely about how the guy is still in love after he was dumped.