"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.
Rain loves the flowers for a drop at a time when they collide
Petals love the dirt and make them strong when flowers die
Dirt tries to love everything but it's only dirt
Just because it hurts
Don't mean that it's love
You are the punch line to every joke i've ever told
You are in coffee and everything I've ever loved
You can kiss a million other boys, I don't mind
You can't break what's not real
Just because it hurts
Don't mean that it's love
Petals love the dirt and make them strong when flowers die
Dirt tries to love everything but it's only dirt
Just because it hurts
Don't mean that it's love
You are the punch line to every joke i've ever told
You are in coffee and everything I've ever loved
You can kiss a million other boys, I don't mind
You can't break what's not real
Just because it hurts
Don't mean that it's love
Lyrics submitted by Cameron5tevens
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one of the most amazing songs just the chorus "just because it hurts don't mean that its love" is extravagant the age of rockets has some amazing sounds, deep lyrics from andrew futral, and fantastic potential, so support them
i just love this song and i totally support The Age of Rockets, they need to be discovered by more people, they are just too amazing to be hidden.
stiffy danger--- right on.
Dirt tries to love everything..... but it's only dirt
(:
=D i know they're going to make it bigg.
but anyways about the song
it's so pretty =]
does anybody think they have any insight to the meaning? i have a vague idea.. but not anything exact.
They're so wise. :)
He thought he loved her, but realized he was wrong. I particularly like "You are the punch line to every joke i've ever told". There's usually a certain amount of bitterness I get coming out of a relationship and this sums it up quite concisely.
I love the textures he creates with sound, but some of these lyrics, I hate to admit, are rather weak. "Just because it hurts, don't mean that it's love," for example.
I love this band. His voice is great in this song. I agree that some of these lyrics arent all that great, but in general I think they're good. I disagree that "Just because it hurts, don't mean that it's love" is bad lyrics. I think they're great in this song. I think this band'll be huge someday.
I love this band. His voice is great in this song. I agree that some of these lyrics arent all that great, but in general I think they're good. I disagree that "Just because it hurts, don't mean that it's love" is bad lyrics. I think they're great in this song. I think this band'll be huge someday.
beyond words....amazing! so simple and yet so grand. i love it. makes me incredibly happy and depressed.