"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.
It's taken all this time for me to realize
what you mean to me
if i had one more chance then i would take it all back
just to show you i can't live without you here
you tear my world apart
if only i could just make this right (there's nothing i want more)
there's nothing i want more
than just to be with you (be with you)
just when i thought i'd found who i've been searching for
you say i'm too late
have you forgotten all that we shared in the past
just another chance is all that i ask
you tear my world apart
if only i could just make this right (there's nothing i want more)
there's nothing i want more
than just to be with you (be with you)
take my hand we'll disappear from it all
it doesn't make sense if you're not here with me
what you mean to me
if i had one more chance then i would take it all back
just to show you i can't live without you here
you tear my world apart
if only i could just make this right (there's nothing i want more)
there's nothing i want more
than just to be with you (be with you)
just when i thought i'd found who i've been searching for
you say i'm too late
have you forgotten all that we shared in the past
just another chance is all that i ask
you tear my world apart
if only i could just make this right (there's nothing i want more)
there's nothing i want more
than just to be with you (be with you)
take my hand we'll disappear from it all
it doesn't make sense if you're not here with me
Lyrics submitted by Kyo000
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this song's about heartache..he lost her..but he regrets what happened and he wishes he still had her. cuz he can't live without her. yupp.
greeley estates kicks ass!!!!
Yeah they do. but i hate the girls voice in the backround. it's so fucking stupid. Its annoying and she sounds like an old hag. That's the only thing i cant stand about this song. It give leaves a bittersweet taste in my mouth.
yah i agree w/ Sad Little Emo. the girls voice is really gay but all in all its a great song cuz im going a heartbreak and i can totally relate to this song
This song is about a guy who let a girl go because he was unsure of his feelings. He realized what he really wants is her and wants her back. She says its too late.
I also have to agree, the lady kills it. It would be much better if it was just the regular guy's voice. I bet it'd sound much prettier ^.^ haha
its about a guy who lets his girlfriend go because he thought he would be better off, but then he realises that he isnt and now he wants her back but he cant.. and now its fucked for him because he cannot live his life without her.. and it tears his world apart!
to me this song means, that a guy really liked a girl that he was friends with, and after about half a year of being friends he finally gets the courage to tell her how he feels, and she said she is interested in someone else, and that he is to late. but if he would of told her his feelings earlier they could of probably went out..
anyways thats what it means to me, because that is exactly what i am going threw right now.. its horrrrrible.
This song is so amazing, GE knows how to write music. I love the Hi-Hat Breakdown in the 2nd verse. And I agree. The Lady kinda ills it for me. Minus that, it's amazing.