"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.
Careful when you open
It's easy to be broken
In the strangest fashion
You start a chain reaction
When you look my way
Somethings bound in a way
And I wonder if I ever felt this before
And all this time it was staring me blind
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
You are reaching something that is beating
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
Over and again they sink out of my skin
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
At least it was never so obvious as
Now or never
You put me back together
In the perfect fashion
Just watch my hearts reaction
This part of you is nothing that I'm used to
But I wont close my eyes cause they're onto you
And all this time it was staring me blind
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
The only time I noticed my heart is when I noticed you did, you did
It's easy to be broken
In the strangest fashion
You start a chain reaction
When you look my way
Somethings bound in a way
And I wonder if I ever felt this before
And all this time it was staring me blind
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
You are reaching something that is beating
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
Over and again they sink out of my skin
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
At least it was never so obvious as
Now or never
You put me back together
In the perfect fashion
Just watch my hearts reaction
This part of you is nothing that I'm used to
But I wont close my eyes cause they're onto you
And all this time it was staring me blind
I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
The only time I noticed my heart is when I noticed you did, you did
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
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Careful when you open it's easy to be broken in the strangest fashion you start a chain reaction when you look my way something's pounding away And I wonder if I ever felt this before
and all this time oblivious to what you make so obvious I can't believe I never noticed my heart before
You are reaching for something that is beating I can't believe i never noticed my heart before Over and again racing out of my skin I can't believe i never noticed my heart before
At least it was never until I noticed you and your ways capture what I've misplaced in the perfect fashion Just watch my hearts reaction This point of view is nothing that I'm used to But I wont close my eyes cause they're onto you
And all this time it was staring me blind I can't believe i never noticed my heart before
You are reaching for something that is beating I can't believe i never noticed my heart before over and again racing out of my skin I can't believe I never noticed my heart before
at least it was never until I noticed you Woah-oh The only time I ever noticed my heart was when I noticed you-yeah the only time I ever noticed my heart was when I noticed you-yeah You-yeah, you YEAH! 1-2-3!
You are reaching for something that is beating I can't believe i never noticed my heart before Over and again racing out of my skin I can't believe i never noticed my heart before
Till I noticed you-yeah I noticed you-yeah When I noticed you-yeah I noticed you-yeah That's the only time I ever noticed my heart before
To me this song is about a guy and a girl who are somewhat close friends. He starts "noticing" her. And then realizes how oblivious he was and that love was right in front of him all this time.
His heart was frozen and suddenly that it was alive and beating.
i know some of this is wrong, help me out dont you?
Careful when you open It's easy to be broken In the strangest fashion You start a chain reaction When you look my way Somethings bound in a way And I wonder if I ever felt this before
And alll this time it was staring me blind I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
You are reaching something that is beating I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before Over and again they sink out of our skin I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
at least it was never so obvious as now or never you put me back together In the perfect fashion Just watch my hearts reaction This part of you is nothing that I'm used to But I wont close my eyes cause they're onto you And all this time it was staring me blind I can't believe i've never noticed my heart before
The only time I noticed my heart is when I noticed you did, you did...
*my skin
those are nothing like the song...
its a shame more people havent heard this band yet
also, i think its "somethings pounding away" referring to his heart like the rest of the song
^rocknred, i've never heard that version before
autrefois... that version is on purevolume.com/mutemath
great song