"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.
You've got your plans to do things right.
I've got my mind it's all made up.
We have our time,
but now it's running out of space.
You know my life is just a speck,
and your heart is all the same,
see I've been staring too long at the screen.
Oh God, my mind is such a mess,
but there's these things I got to do.
you were my friend,
but now you're taking off your clothes.
I tried to look, but close my eyes.
I took a breath and made you mine.
You had your arms all tangled up in the moon.
Whats say,
that night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
but everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.
So, where's my hope in all of this?
I guess it never did exist.
I wrote those songs,
and took them all to heart.
You know I'm proud of what we did.
I left you naked and apart,
with your thoughts all laid out in your room.
So what if there's something that I missed.
I know you found a way to start.
I see the men that had you tearing up you head.
That's my excuse to make a mark, when you're all tangled up in red.
I had you tricked, but then you grabbed me by the throat.
Whats say,
that night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
but everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.
I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
with all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.
I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
with all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.
Are these just the nights that we stayed for?
Are these all the lines that could keep us here?[4x]
I've got my mind it's all made up.
We have our time,
but now it's running out of space.
You know my life is just a speck,
and your heart is all the same,
see I've been staring too long at the screen.
Oh God, my mind is such a mess,
but there's these things I got to do.
you were my friend,
but now you're taking off your clothes.
I tried to look, but close my eyes.
I took a breath and made you mine.
You had your arms all tangled up in the moon.
Whats say,
that night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
but everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.
So, where's my hope in all of this?
I guess it never did exist.
I wrote those songs,
and took them all to heart.
You know I'm proud of what we did.
I left you naked and apart,
with your thoughts all laid out in your room.
So what if there's something that I missed.
I know you found a way to start.
I see the men that had you tearing up you head.
That's my excuse to make a mark, when you're all tangled up in red.
I had you tricked, but then you grabbed me by the throat.
Whats say,
that night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
but everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.
I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
with all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.
I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
with all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.
Are these just the nights that we stayed for?
Are these all the lines that could keep us here?[4x]
Lyrics submitted by SMILExxiloveyou
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wow. this song is amazing. i think its about likeing someone so much and havign sex with them only to realize that maybe its not what you wanted because it didnt mean as much or anything at all to the other person. becoming kind of obsessed with the person because you thoguth you shared something and the other person doesnt think twice about it. at the end i think the end is about him telling the girl that all the problems she had with boys are all because of her own self. he wished he well but realizes he does really want her anymore because of the way she made him feel.
idk that just my interpretation of it.
alot of typos in my comment. but i think you get hte point.. sorry :]
wow. this song is amazing. i think its about likeing someone so much and havign sex with them only to realize that maybe its not what you wanted because it didnt mean as much or anything at all to the other person. becoming kind of obsessed with the person because you thoguth you shared something and the other person doesnt think twice about it. i think the end is about him telling the girl that all the problems she had with boys are all because of her own self. he wishes her well but realizes he doesnt really want her anymore because of the way she made him feel.
idk that just my interpretation of it.
this is about sex.
I agree with you ^. These guys are from Maryland! WOO!
this song is about how the singer had sex with his best friend and guitarists girl friend.
^-- don't talk about what you don't know.
Egyptianmusk, Too bad that IS what the song is about
Honest to god
And not only slept with, Lost his virginity to.
while that holds some truth, your facts aren't quite straight.
this to me seems like its about two best friends. a boy and a girl. they have been through a lot together in the past and both remain friends as their lives are changing. one of them doesnt seem to have any idea where they are going with their life and the other is trying to take back past mistakes and do things right for once. they have both seen eachother get their hearts broken and have seen eachother in deep messes. theres so much intensity in the friendship and they both go to each other when they need it. so something happens between them. they have sex. hook up one night. and realize that maybe there were feelings there all along. but because of where theyve been and where they are they cant have anything more together. they talked about it and saw everything from a different perspective. are these just the nights that we stayed for? now ever since that happend theres those few nights when they need eachother. when their feeling the most love for eachother. something happens between them agian.