"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.
She's a soulful, flower in the garden
She's bobbin' in the sunlight, and flirtin' with her eye's
The way she walks by, I see a wave of color
Moving like an angel, trailin' butterflies
Give me water, give me inspiration
I want to speak now, but I can't find a word
So unforgiving, is my infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I am restless, burin' with desire
And every other heartbeat, I beat just for her
I see her smilin', full as my emotion
This is no illusion, but how can I be heard?
Give me water, give me inspiration
I want to speak now, but I can't find a word
So unforgiving, is this infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks this earth
Give me water, give me inspiration
I need to hold her, like no one else before
So unforgiving, is my infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks this earth
She walks this earth
I need to hold her, like no one else before
She's bobbin' in the sunlight, and flirtin' with her eye's
The way she walks by, I see a wave of color
Moving like an angel, trailin' butterflies
Give me water, give me inspiration
I want to speak now, but I can't find a word
So unforgiving, is my infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I am restless, burin' with desire
And every other heartbeat, I beat just for her
I see her smilin', full as my emotion
This is no illusion, but how can I be heard?
Give me water, give me inspiration
I want to speak now, but I can't find a word
So unforgiving, is this infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks this earth
Give me water, give me inspiration
I need to hold her, like no one else before
So unforgiving, is my infatuation
Now that I know, she walks upon the earth
She walks this earth
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks this earth
She walks this earth
I need to hold her, like no one else before
Lyrics submitted by sillybunny
She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa) Lyrics as written by Vitor Martins Brenda Russell
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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