"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.
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car
A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake
What if they say that you're a quitter?
Naturally, I'm worried if I do it alone
Who really cares, cause it's your life
You never know, it could be great
Take a chance 'cause you might grow
Oh, oh!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Take a chance you stupid ho!
Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself
You know it all by heart
Why are you standing in one place?
Born to blossom, bloom to perish
Know your wigging out 'cause of your sex chromozone
I know it's so messed up, how our society all thinks (for sure)
Life is short, you're capable
Oh, oh!
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting, waiting
Whatcha, What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting, waiting
What you waiting for?!
Take me to Japan
Give me lots of brand new fans
Osaka, Tokyo
You Harajuku girls
Damn, you've got some wicked style, Go!!!
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
Well, it's a nice day for a White Wedding
Woah!
Well, it's a nice day to start again
Well, it's a nice day for a White Wedding
Well, it's a nice day to, start again
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock, Tick!
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car
A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake
What if they say that you're a quitter?
Naturally, I'm worried if I do it alone
Who really cares, cause it's your life
You never know, it could be great
Take a chance 'cause you might grow
Oh, oh!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Take a chance you stupid ho!
Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself
You know it all by heart
Why are you standing in one place?
Born to blossom, bloom to perish
Know your wigging out 'cause of your sex chromozone
I know it's so messed up, how our society all thinks (for sure)
Life is short, you're capable
Oh, oh!
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting, waiting
Whatcha, What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting, waiting
What you waiting for?!
Take me to Japan
Give me lots of brand new fans
Osaka, Tokyo
You Harajuku girls
Damn, you've got some wicked style, Go!!!
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?!
Well, it's a nice day for a White Wedding
Woah!
Well, it's a nice day to start again
Well, it's a nice day for a White Wedding
Well, it's a nice day to, start again
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock, Tick!
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Before anyone whines about where this song came from, this was done for Jo Whiley on Radio 1 in England.
I was pleasantly surprised by this cover mash-up of Gwen Stefani and Billy Idol. I really like the theme of time by combining the idea of "start[ing] again" (Billy Idol) with Gwen's song about how life is short. :) Oh, Franz.