"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.
I had to leave you and go away
But I think about you every day
in the morning and in the afternoon
I wish that I could see you soon
And when I held you I felt so fine
It was like there was nothing left on my mind
It was like Rockaway Beach in the month of June
I wish that I could see you soon
I had no plans to meet you, baby
I had a million things to do, baby
But you hit my heart with a harpoon
I wish that I could see you soon
The angels go, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "The sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
Well I have no way to say and there's nothing I can do
Well I have no way to say and there's nothing I can do, go
Now listen, now that I am across the sea
I wonder if you're gonna wait for me
Or if you're gonna find a new boy to spoon
I wish that I could see you soon
And if you wait a little my pretty friend
Until I come back to hold your hand
We'll be like bugs when they break through a cocoon
You know, I wish that I could see you soon
It'd been a while since I felt like this
And now I found someone I really miss
Under the sun, under the moon
I wish that I could see you soon
Angels, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "The sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
And I'm like, "There's no way to say and there is nothing I can do"
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do, go
Angels again, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "Well, the sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
And I'm like, "There's no way to say and there's nothing I can do"
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do
No way to say and there's nothing I can do
But I think about you every day
in the morning and in the afternoon
I wish that I could see you soon
And when I held you I felt so fine
It was like there was nothing left on my mind
It was like Rockaway Beach in the month of June
I wish that I could see you soon
I had no plans to meet you, baby
I had a million things to do, baby
But you hit my heart with a harpoon
I wish that I could see you soon
The angels go, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "The sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
Well I have no way to say and there's nothing I can do
Well I have no way to say and there's nothing I can do, go
Now listen, now that I am across the sea
I wonder if you're gonna wait for me
Or if you're gonna find a new boy to spoon
I wish that I could see you soon
And if you wait a little my pretty friend
Until I come back to hold your hand
We'll be like bugs when they break through a cocoon
You know, I wish that I could see you soon
It'd been a while since I felt like this
And now I found someone I really miss
Under the sun, under the moon
I wish that I could see you soon
Angels, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "The sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
And I'm like, "There's no way to say and there is nothing I can do"
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do, go
Angels again, "How long 'til you can see her?"
And I'm like, "Well, the sooner the better"
"Do you really think she will wait for you?"
And I'm like, "There's no way to say and there's nothing I can do"
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do
Well there is no way to say and there's nothing I can do
No way to say and there's nothing I can do
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I Wish That I Could See You Soon Lyrics as written by David Benouaisch
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"it was like the words with nothing left on my mind"
i'm pretty sure it's just "it was like there was nothing left on my mind"
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good call
this is cuteness in song-form :)
this song is really adorable. I do love the angels part and the saxophone part so cute :)
omg so cute
Fantastic song