"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.
There's no prayer I could say
No advice I could take
No pill that would make me feel better
There's no fountain to seek
No cup I could drink
I know of nothing that ever grew younger
But the universe, it must go on forever
Just like two mirrors that are facing each other
It's reality upon illusion over and over
Until you can't tell the difference
They both just blend together
And I just put each day in a box
On a calendar, winter to summer
And I'll go walking in that same circle
For as long as I can remember
I just keep hoping that someone
Would make me a better offer
Because I know the end that we see from our balcony
Is barely the beginning
So I'm up on the fence and I'm still not convinced
Can't decide which side looks greener
So I just stay where I am, remain indifferent
What happens, what's happened, it's easier
I'll go ahead and drown myself
In the fluids of another
Yeah, my woman to me
Was as pure and essential as water
And so she looked like me for a while
But she does no longer because she took the shape
Of whatever it was that held her
She killed the fear in my heart
But our love also got murdered
She said, "My child, you can no longer sing of that fever
Because it's selfish and you are not selfish
You must get stronger
So I know when your lover leaves
I guess all you can be is forgiving"
No advice I could take
No pill that would make me feel better
There's no fountain to seek
No cup I could drink
I know of nothing that ever grew younger
But the universe, it must go on forever
Just like two mirrors that are facing each other
It's reality upon illusion over and over
Until you can't tell the difference
They both just blend together
And I just put each day in a box
On a calendar, winter to summer
And I'll go walking in that same circle
For as long as I can remember
I just keep hoping that someone
Would make me a better offer
Because I know the end that we see from our balcony
Is barely the beginning
So I'm up on the fence and I'm still not convinced
Can't decide which side looks greener
So I just stay where I am, remain indifferent
What happens, what's happened, it's easier
I'll go ahead and drown myself
In the fluids of another
Yeah, my woman to me
Was as pure and essential as water
And so she looked like me for a while
But she does no longer because she took the shape
Of whatever it was that held her
She killed the fear in my heart
But our love also got murdered
She said, "My child, you can no longer sing of that fever
Because it's selfish and you are not selfish
You must get stronger
So I know when your lover leaves
I guess all you can be is forgiving"
Lyrics submitted by keely
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One word: gorgeous..
ah i love this song. especially the live version posted on some girl's website. i dont know what to say, the entire song is wonderful.
do you still happen to have that website where you got the live version? if you do would you mind posting it or sending it to me? i would love to hear it.
brighteyes.scriptmania.com/listen.html
thankyou so much!
is there anything other than a live version?
But the universe it must go on forever, just like two mirrors that are facing each other. It's reality upon illusion over and over until you can't tell the difference, they both just blend together.
I Love that line. When my teacher mentioned thinking up our favorite quote thats the first think i thought of.i love it.
this song is amazing, if anyone can send me to it on AIM @ L337Klopping or knows where i can find it PLEAAASE tell me
yea, i cant find it on that website...maybe it was closed?
could some one please tell me where to find this??