"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.
Your bones are brittle inside you
Wrapped so soft, your blood is running,
I'll be there
If you're moving slowly we still get there
I'll be there
Such a strong desire
Hunger
Oh you need to hope you keep your head, yeah
The slow hand quickens
What you've done with all those around you
Hopeful always that someone will come and save you
But I'll be there
To watch you sulk, returning seething
I'll be there
Minutes hold onto hours
Gets you twisting
Oh you need to hope you keep your head, yeah
The slow hand quickens
How'd you leave it with the love you lost
You made them crawl to be without you
The slow hand quickens
Yeah sand is empty in the hourglass
I'll be there
To turn it over and over in your head
So you keep the hope you get your day, yeah
The slow hand quickens, oh
You seem too hard to break, too cold
To burn, afraid your chance is gone
Your wires are crossed, your mouth is lost
You fear you left it far too long
The minutes pass, the hours are gone
So hard to find your way alone
The slow hand quickens, yeah
The slow hand quickens
The slow hand quickens
I...
Your slow hand quickens
Wrapped so soft, your blood is running,
I'll be there
If you're moving slowly we still get there
I'll be there
Such a strong desire
Hunger
Oh you need to hope you keep your head, yeah
The slow hand quickens
What you've done with all those around you
Hopeful always that someone will come and save you
But I'll be there
To watch you sulk, returning seething
I'll be there
Minutes hold onto hours
Gets you twisting
Oh you need to hope you keep your head, yeah
The slow hand quickens
How'd you leave it with the love you lost
You made them crawl to be without you
The slow hand quickens
Yeah sand is empty in the hourglass
I'll be there
To turn it over and over in your head
So you keep the hope you get your day, yeah
The slow hand quickens, oh
You seem too hard to break, too cold
To burn, afraid your chance is gone
Your wires are crossed, your mouth is lost
You fear you left it far too long
The minutes pass, the hours are gone
So hard to find your way alone
The slow hand quickens, yeah
The slow hand quickens
The slow hand quickens
I...
Your slow hand quickens
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Great version of a great song,
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The song is about growing old and living a lonely wasted life. The line "the slow hand quickens" refers to the short hand of a clock. Your time is running out.
what cd is this song from?
Dave Matthews - Some Devil It is the 13 track on the album
what do ya'll think this is about? I relate it to different things everytime I hear it depending on what kind of mood I'm in.
This song is simply....time slipping through your fingers...if you know what Pink Floyd - Time is about this seems to have a very similar meaning..
"No one told you when to run // You missed the starting gun"
all i can get from this song is that maybe it's about someone who turned their back on a friend/lover for something they thought was better, burned bridges etc....they found out it wasn't worth it and they find now that they are alone. i dunno. but i like the lyrics.
I love the ending to this song on Some Devil. It's like one of those symphonies that you just get lost in. Beautiful song.
This song is definitely about Dave's Drinking problem. It's a good description of what probably anyone is feeling who has an addiction. Someone who has guilt about their natural state of mind and how some how you should be different and nicer and better.
I love the end of this song with the symphony in the background, gorgous. Tops for you Dave! You did wonders with the ending!
I think this song has to be connected with waiting for a girl. Or maybe he's so drunk he waiting for the hours to pass away. Kill some time.
i know everyone has their own meaning to a song, so im gonna be the one to relate it to drugs, sorry guys Yes Sand is empty In the hourglass I’ll be there To turn it over and over In your head it may relate to the pain of drugs in your head, the addiction, lack of sleep, ect. the slow hand quickin as soon as you get your hit. you are alone until you find yourslef with the drug. i