"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.
The boxes piled high. no order, no mind. I'll save the work for you,
'cause I'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs I make inside.
And on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait.
Don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space.
Tune in me tonight. turn down all the lights.
I'm just along for the ride. the moving pictures we see.
The colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one.
Until that time, you can't be done.
Know your station you just can't direct.
Let's plant a white one just for you.
And chart the growth until the move.
Don't try to be a model.
Don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight.
Turn down all the lights. I'm just along for the ride.
'cause I'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs I make inside.
And on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait.
Don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space.
Tune in me tonight. turn down all the lights.
I'm just along for the ride. the moving pictures we see.
The colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one.
Until that time, you can't be done.
Know your station you just can't direct.
Let's plant a white one just for you.
And chart the growth until the move.
Don't try to be a model.
Don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight.
Turn down all the lights. I'm just along for the ride.
Lyrics submitted by hbis4lovers
Along for the Ride Lyrics as written by Kori Gardner Hammel Jason Edward Hammel
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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On that note, I think the song could mean several things. The first time I listened to it, I thought that it was comparing a move to a change in a relationship. Then, the more I listen to it (and read the lyrics), the more I'm confused about its meaning.
the boxes piled high no order, no mind i'll save the work for you, 'cause i'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs i make inside and on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait. don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space. oh, look at our models oh, the blasted space tune in me tonight turn down all the lights i'm just along for the ride the moving pictures we see the colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one. until that time, you can't be done. know your station you just can't direct let's plant a white one just for you. and chart the growth until the move. don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space. oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight turn down all the lights. i'm just along for the ride.
sorry I just prefere them written this way. I love this song, the line 'don't try to be a model, don' want to waste more space' its brilliant and sang in a way that cannot fail to amke me smile : )
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