"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.
No one can hear you
On red weather hill
How's anyone supposed to get to you
If you just sit still
Get down on your knees
Like a wild animal licks the floor
Behave just like you should do
Don't come up to me and ask for more
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
And I know my bedroom walls are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me well I might
Girls tie their hair back
So you that can't grab them from the woods
It's darker than those old stoways
That swim back misunderstood
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
And I know my bedroom walls they are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me well I might
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
Still I know my bedroom walls they are loose young lover
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me yeah well I might
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
Yeah I know my bedroom walls they are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
But I know if you impress me well I might
your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
Your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
Your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
On and on
On and on
On red weather hill
How's anyone supposed to get to you
If you just sit still
Get down on your knees
Like a wild animal licks the floor
Behave just like you should do
Don't come up to me and ask for more
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
And I know my bedroom walls are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me well I might
Girls tie their hair back
So you that can't grab them from the woods
It's darker than those old stoways
That swim back misunderstood
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
And I know my bedroom walls they are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me well I might
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
Like a wild animal growls
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
Still I know my bedroom walls they are loose young lover
But the thing is that not one of you is right
Still I know if you impress me yeah well I might
On and on
I'm excited by that noise
Yeah I know my bedroom walls they are loose
But the thing is that not one of you is right
But I know if you impress me well I might
your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
Your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
Your story goes on well
And I crawl across the floor
On and on
On and on
Lyrics submitted by BuccaneerLouie
Red Weather Lyrics as written by Liela Rosemary Sadie Louise Moss Daniel Liam Higgins
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I'm positive that this song is about sex, but I have a large feeling it's about a slut who is trying to keep herself from falling in love.