"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.
Heaven's not enough
If when you get there, just another blue
And heaven's not enough
You think you've found it, then it loses you
You've thought of all there is
But not enough
And it loses you in a cloud
There (there)
Most everything is nothing that it seems
Where (where)
You see the things you only wanna see
I'd fly away (fly away)
To a higher place (higher place)
To say words I resist, to float away
To sigh, to breathe, forget
Heaven's not enough
If when I'm there I don't remember you
And heaven's not enough
You think you know it, then it uses you (uses you)
I saw so many things
But like a dream
Always losing me in a crowd
Cause I couldn't cry
Cause I turned away
Couldn't see the score
Didn't know the pain
Of leaving yesterday
Really far behind
In another life,
In another dream
By a different name
Gave it all away
For a memory
And a quiet lie
And I felt the face
Of a cold tonight
Still don't know the score
But I know the pain
Of leaving everything
Really far behind
And if I could cry
If I could live
What truth I did, then take me there
Heaven goodbye
If when you get there, just another blue
And heaven's not enough
You think you've found it, then it loses you
You've thought of all there is
But not enough
And it loses you in a cloud
There (there)
Most everything is nothing that it seems
Where (where)
You see the things you only wanna see
I'd fly away (fly away)
To a higher place (higher place)
To say words I resist, to float away
To sigh, to breathe, forget
Heaven's not enough
If when I'm there I don't remember you
And heaven's not enough
You think you know it, then it uses you (uses you)
I saw so many things
But like a dream
Always losing me in a crowd
Cause I couldn't cry
Cause I turned away
Couldn't see the score
Didn't know the pain
Of leaving yesterday
Really far behind
In another life,
In another dream
By a different name
Gave it all away
For a memory
And a quiet lie
And I felt the face
Of a cold tonight
Still don't know the score
But I know the pain
Of leaving everything
Really far behind
And if I could cry
If I could live
What truth I did, then take me there
Heaven goodbye
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This song is exactly as the title implies:
Heaven, where ever it may be, is not enough if when you are there, a certain one you care for is not there or you can't remember your previous life with them.
It says how they wish they could go back to say words they meant to say, but instead avoided them.
This is a beautiful song by a great artist. It speaks so much more, but most of that has to do with the anime this song originated from: Wolf's Rain.
Most beautiful song I have ever heard in a show.
Awsome song. Very deep (to me anyways) really made me think. Can't believe i'm only comment number 2 and this is my 2nd comment on the site....Nice ^_^ -Stephanie
omg i love this song... and its kinda true to me. if the one you love isnt with you and you dont remeber them, even heaven's not enough...
~and if i fall with all the strength i held inside, i wouldnt be out here.... alone tonigh~
This song is amazing, 'In another life, In another dream By a different name' Are my favorite lyrics in a song ever. This is one of the few songs words can't describe (very well) so I'm not even going to try xD
This is the single most inspirational, beautiful, and deep song I've ever heard, especially from a show. Wolf's Rain is one of my favorite shows, and as this song's meaning only really comes to life when you know the story of the show, I recommend watching it.
Heaven isn't really 'heaven' when you look back at all you left behind (or can't even do that, as 'when I'm there I don't remember you' implies). Powerful lyrics in a powerful song.
This song absolutely beautiful. One of my many favorites. XD
Wonderful song from a wonderful show. This song holds a very deep meaning for me. And, not only is the song relevant to the show but also to our daily lives if you come to think of it. We just work too hard, day after day, in order to make our lives seem like heaven but one day, when we achieve it after years and years of hard-work and yearning, and breaking so many promises, the heaven that we have made for ourselves is no longer the heaven that we wish because we have lost our loved one (breaking promises and stuff) in order to find our heaven. And at that we regret it and wish we could go back. Atleast, that is what the song means to me.
This song is just as captivating as the show. Wolf's Rain is quite possibly the saddest anime I've ever watched.
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