"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.
BRENT - this isn't how life is supposed to be, cascading downward, everyone is my new enemy. there's nothing left to lose, i've already lost everything. the male stereotype isn't all its cracked up to be. i refuse to live that lie. rediculed because of those not like me. i am not the same, i am not the same. i'll strive to make things better. i have to help you be safe again. i'll pick up the pieces to make you feel whole again.
DAN - *dear sister, i'm sorry, so fucking sorry. dear sister, i'm sorry, so fucking sorry. i should ahve been there. i'm so sorry, and i will try to piece you back together. it's going to be okay. we are going to be okay. let's just keep saying that. i will be there for you. again and again. (*these are not the lyrics on the record, but the ones i say now.)
CORY - unable to sleep at night wondering if it will happen again, maybe, maybe just lost. will these arms be able to keep them away. someday. someday, someday you'll feel pretty. life is a constant battle with myself. ridiculed because of those like me. i am not the same. i am not the same. society's cursed me with a standard. take back the pieces, make me whole again x1000.
ADAM - it never ends, this brutal cycle. please take her tears away, please make her whole again.
DAN - *dear sister, i'm sorry, so fucking sorry. dear sister, i'm sorry, so fucking sorry. i should ahve been there. i'm so sorry, and i will try to piece you back together. it's going to be okay. we are going to be okay. let's just keep saying that. i will be there for you. again and again. (*these are not the lyrics on the record, but the ones i say now.)
CORY - unable to sleep at night wondering if it will happen again, maybe, maybe just lost. will these arms be able to keep them away. someday. someday, someday you'll feel pretty. life is a constant battle with myself. ridiculed because of those like me. i am not the same. i am not the same. society's cursed me with a standard. take back the pieces, make me whole again x1000.
ADAM - it never ends, this brutal cycle. please take her tears away, please make her whole again.
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
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"Some and now none of you"
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Great version of a great song,
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This song is so beautiful how it turned out.
This song has the capabilty of making me cry, it's so powerful.
i completly agree with removeyourteeth and it is one of the best songs ever written
This song cuts right trough my heart! best songs ever written indeed!
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ryanmcginnis, i don't think so
ryan is definitely wrong; and this song is my favorite kodan song. fucking amazing, i would like to know what their saying 2:52-3:08. very emotional part of the song