"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 don't want it,
I don't want tonight to stop.
No more waiting,
And no more wishing from the top.
Do you hear it?
Do you hear the only sound?
No more doubting,
And no more wishing from the ground.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
(and I can feel it in the air)
Yeah, it's a glo-o-o-orious town
It's a glo-orious town
(it's better with you around)
They don't like it,
They don't like the way you look.
Do you care about it?
And do you hear the words come out?
'Cause I don't want it,
No, I don't want tonight to stop.
No more waiting,
And no more wishing from the top.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town
(and I can feel it in the air)
It's a glo-o-o-o-rious town
It's a glo-orious town
And I can feel it in the air,
It's better with you around.
It's in the knowing of your eyes,
Oh oh oh-oh,
We're tying a rope around,
Oh oh oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
And I can feel it in the air.
(and I can feel it in the air)
It's better with you around
(It's better with you around)
Oh, oh-oh, oh oh oh.
Well I can feel it getting there.
Oh oh oh-oh,
We're tying a rope around,
Oh oh oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
I don't want tonight to stop.
No more waiting,
And no more wishing from the top.
Do you hear it?
Do you hear the only sound?
No more doubting,
And no more wishing from the ground.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
(and I can feel it in the air)
Yeah, it's a glo-o-o-orious town
It's a glo-orious town
(it's better with you around)
They don't like it,
They don't like the way you look.
Do you care about it?
And do you hear the words come out?
'Cause I don't want it,
No, I don't want tonight to stop.
No more waiting,
And no more wishing from the top.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town
(and I can feel it in the air)
It's a glo-o-o-o-rious town
It's a glo-orious town
And I can feel it in the air,
It's better with you around.
It's in the knowing of your eyes,
Oh oh oh-oh,
We're tying a rope around,
Oh oh oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
It's a glo-o-o-orious town,
It's a glo-orious town.
And I can feel it in the air.
(and I can feel it in the air)
It's better with you around
(It's better with you around)
Oh, oh-oh, oh oh oh.
Well I can feel it getting there.
Oh oh oh-oh,
We're tying a rope around,
Oh oh oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
Lyrics submitted by roboticpink
Glorious Lyrics as written by Clare Joy Szembek Alex Yeoman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I wholley agree ell-ward, this song and band should be much MUCH bigger than it is. It's totally worth the words and the space to praise this song alone. ONE comment? It's so uplifting though, the sound truley IS glorious! It's fantastic it swoops and dives, it's like being on a melodic roller coaster! That's what i think. Bit electric, not too pop-y, very indie.
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