"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.
Oh no, another bad day, waste of promises
Are we really getting near?
Kick off your work shoes, rest a little
There's nothing for you to prove.
Is it funny or is it sad?
We leave and enter on our own
Is it funny or is it sad?
We never really know anyone
I'm telling you my only secret
I'm so lonely, she said
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day
A heaviness so relentless
An emptiness so monumental
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day
Across the sea I can hear you're tired
What is there left to see?
Smash of keyboard into their faces
A silence so satisfying
I can understand why you left your home
I can understand
I'm telling you...
'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Bleeding stars, stars and happy thoughts
'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Waiting for the rain, the rain to stop
'Cause I'm a boy and you're a girl
And what else is there in this world?
I can make you smile, I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?
So take my hand and marry me
I'll make your branches sprout a-green
I can make you smile, I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?
And if you take my hand
I'll lead you to the promised land
Just call in sick
Our time is now
I've got so much love to give
A vessel to receive it
Take the day off work
Our time is now, our time is now
Are we really getting near?
Kick off your work shoes, rest a little
There's nothing for you to prove.
Is it funny or is it sad?
We leave and enter on our own
Is it funny or is it sad?
We never really know anyone
I'm telling you my only secret
I'm so lonely, she said
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day
A heaviness so relentless
An emptiness so monumental
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day
Across the sea I can hear you're tired
What is there left to see?
Smash of keyboard into their faces
A silence so satisfying
I can understand why you left your home
I can understand
I'm telling you...
'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Bleeding stars, stars and happy thoughts
'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Waiting for the rain, the rain to stop
'Cause I'm a boy and you're a girl
And what else is there in this world?
I can make you smile, I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?
So take my hand and marry me
I'll make your branches sprout a-green
I can make you smile, I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?
And if you take my hand
I'll lead you to the promised land
Just call in sick
Our time is now
I've got so much love to give
A vessel to receive it
Take the day off work
Our time is now, our time is now
Lyrics submitted by bloc_party15
Hero Lyrics as written by Kele Okereke Michael Geoffrey Skinner
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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true bloc is known to to have deep meanings like suicide and such but this time i think they are talking about depression...
it seems like a guy is explaining to someone how the girl feels. she's lonely, feeling empty which sounds similar to depression. She wants someone to save her, a hero. so the guy decides to be her hero, because he can make her happy and laugh, not be depressed anymore.he says well since i'm a guy and you're a girl we should get together, forget about some certain things i will lift the burdens off your shoulder if we spend some time right now and we'll see how it goes from there.
that's what i got from the song, i'ts really beautiful just like ALL of their other songs, Bloc Party is amazing, seriously.