"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.
Who are they anyway
With their sticks and stones
Don't they know that we know?
There's a chill within their bones
They blame and they name
Make us feel so cold inside
But they cannot take us there cause we will fight
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
[Chorus]
Who wants a love without anger and rage?
I do
Who wants a world where a kid can be safe?
I do
Who wants to pray for the end of the pain
For the calm at the end of the day
Where there's not always more of the same
I do
want to breathe
want to move
want to move and not ever feel afraid
want to live in a place
Where the truth still finds a way
To rise and advise
And when everything is lies you break
Cause there's nowhere you can run and still feel safe
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
[Chorus]
I won't be a part of something so obscene
I think I'm falling
But I won't be falling
[Chorus]
With their sticks and stones
Don't they know that we know?
There's a chill within their bones
They blame and they name
Make us feel so cold inside
But they cannot take us there cause we will fight
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
[Chorus]
Who wants a love without anger and rage?
I do
Who wants a world where a kid can be safe?
I do
Who wants to pray for the end of the pain
For the calm at the end of the day
Where there's not always more of the same
I do
want to breathe
want to move
want to move and not ever feel afraid
want to live in a place
Where the truth still finds a way
To rise and advise
And when everything is lies you break
Cause there's nowhere you can run and still feel safe
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
I think the world's gone crazy
[Chorus]
I won't be a part of something so obscene
I think I'm falling
But I won't be falling
[Chorus]
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Anastacia said that this is a song about how she wishes the world was but obviously it's just a dream.
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you can really tell when a singer or watever really feels wat she's singing about. Anastacia is awesome like that.
I have a few opinions on what this means, depending on which part of my mind is listening to this.
The first is the obvious; she wants a world where there's no anger and rage, where people can just get along and not hurt or kill eachother. She's sick of murders, hurt and cruelty.
Another part of me thinks she's speaking about the darkness and how it tries or has already overwhelmed her. "Make us feel so cold inside/But they cannot take us there cause we will fight" could mean that she's not going to give into the darkness.
My last opinion is that she could be talking about people being abused as children. "Who want a world where a kid can be safe?" The same with "Who wants a love without anger and rage?" This could be the love between the abusive parent/s and the child.
I think there's some mistakes in these lyrics though. I thought "But I won't be falling" was "But I, I won't be for long."