"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.
Black dress with the tights underneath
I got the breath of the last cigarette on my teeth
And she's an actress (actress)
But she ain't got no need
She's got money from her parents in a trust fund back east
T-t-t-tongues always pressed to your cheeks
While my tongue is on the inside of some other girls teeth
T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef
That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
X's on the back of your hands
Wash them in the bathroom to drink like the bands
And your set list (set list)
You stole off the stage
Had red and purple lipstick all over the page
Be-be-be-bruises cover your arms
Shaking in the fingers with the bottle in your palm
And the best is (best is)
No one knows who you are
Just another girl alone at the bar
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
Shush girl shut your lips,
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
I said, Shush girl shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
I said, Shush girl shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
Whoa, whoa, whoa
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
I got the breath of the last cigarette on my teeth
And she's an actress (actress)
But she ain't got no need
She's got money from her parents in a trust fund back east
T-t-t-tongues always pressed to your cheeks
While my tongue is on the inside of some other girls teeth
T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef
That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
X's on the back of your hands
Wash them in the bathroom to drink like the bands
And your set list (set list)
You stole off the stage
Had red and purple lipstick all over the page
Be-be-be-bruises cover your arms
Shaking in the fingers with the bottle in your palm
And the best is (best is)
No one knows who you are
Just another girl alone at the bar
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
Shush girl shut your lips,
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
I said, Shush girl shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
I said, Shush girl shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
Whoa, whoa, whoa
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
She wants to touch me (whoa)
She wants to love me (whoa)
She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh)
Don't trust a ho
Never trust a ho
'Cause a hoe won't trust me
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Amazing
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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this song is really good, but i'm really confused as to why my file of the song "amaze disgrace" has this at the end. i can't tell if it's an error or intentional or what.. whatever. it's great!
"Amazedisgrace" on "Wake Pig" has Trust as a hidden track, as well as a drum solo, though I'm not sure if there's any difference between it and track 6 other than that. This is probably one of my favourite 3 songs. Definitely spooky yet spiritual.
The Amaze Disgrace version of Trust is about twice as long, but it's identical up until the drum solo, which is over 3 minutes by itself. The Amaze Disgrace version also might take a little longer to close / fade into silence. Mind you, it's some really awesome drumming.
Also something to think about, this isn't the first 3 song about the final thoughts of a dying person... compare to the song You've Been Shot. Although this one is a lot more... morose.