"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.
To be someone
To be someone
I wish I could say the same of myself
That I'm in perfect harmony
That I do not use the sword of my tongue
To lash out at the enemy
That I do not fear the light
That I do not stray from love as my guide
That I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
I wish I could stay in the present day
Not lapsing into vicious sleep
‘Cause it gives my bones a brand shiny new home
One that does not confine me
And I do not fear the light
And I do not stray from love as my guide
And I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
Slo fuzz in the morning
Where I can tempt you
To be my air
But it's not enough to be lovely
When I feel other things
I can not share
That I can't
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
To be someone
I wish I could say the same of myself
That I'm in perfect harmony
That I do not use the sword of my tongue
To lash out at the enemy
That I do not fear the light
That I do not stray from love as my guide
That I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
I wish I could stay in the present day
Not lapsing into vicious sleep
‘Cause it gives my bones a brand shiny new home
One that does not confine me
And I do not fear the light
And I do not stray from love as my guide
And I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
Slo fuzz in the morning
Where I can tempt you
To be my air
But it's not enough to be lovely
When I feel other things
I can not share
That I can't
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It's not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
Lyrics submitted by whatkatiedid89
Slo Fuzz Lyrics as written by Alexander Bathgate
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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No comments? That's just silliness. This song is the bombdotcom. :D
I've never heard "bombdotcom" before. This song is definitely that.<br /> <br /> Meaningful parts to me:<br /> "That i do not stray from Love as my guide." Makes me think about how the happiest moments in my life are with people but I often get caught up in more trivial things.<br /> <br /> "I wish I could fly through the sky and the moon above me." This would be awesome to do but is also an embarrassing urge to tell somebody else because it feels childish and cliched but then I think that I censor myself from saying some feelings and realizations (that I have over and over again) solely because they sound cliched, which is bad. I'm glad these lyrics fight that.<br /> <br /> "Slo fuzz in the morning,<br /> where i can tempt you to be my air..." -meaning being totally in the present/caught up with someone, like you're breathing them (although that's kind of weird).<br /> "But it's not enough to be lovely when i feel other things i can not share." -having feelings that you can't convey seems like a huge problem for everybody. Just becasue we have different backgrounds,past friends, and ways of processing information, it's hard to be on the same page with somebody else. And at the peak of your excitement about someone or something, you want them to feel the same way about you or that thing and it feels to me like it rarely happens. That's how you feel connected to someone. But we often take turns feeling excited for each other or about some thing or idea. Right?! <br />
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To me this song is about the pain of separation - of being human and striving to have a social identity. "I wish I could fly through the sky and moon above me, I wish I could talk to the gods and birds above me" - the wanting to be able to connect to the whole, feel alive, and present. The frustration and sadness that we can't. that This song is very spiritual to me.
I liked the bass guitar.
It's about wishing she could talk to aliens.