"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.
Stop dragging around
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
So they can watch me explode
Another piece of me is gone again
I don't want you to go
But I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
Yeah, I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
It's probably better to go
And you can leave if it's easier
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
I won't see you a while
But I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
Well I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
And maybe if I pretend that
If it's our of sight, it's out of mind
And nobody is wrong
And nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Then how come tonight
Another piece of me is gone again?
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down.
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
September won't you bring me some rain again?
I'm melting here alive
Cause I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
So they can watch me explode
Another piece of me is gone again
I don't want you to go
But I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
Yeah, I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
It's probably better to go
And you can leave if it's easier
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
I won't see you a while
But I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
Well I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
And maybe if I pretend that
If it's our of sight, it's out of mind
And nobody is wrong
And nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Then how come tonight
Another piece of me is gone again?
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down.
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
September won't you bring me some rain again?
I'm melting here alive
Cause I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down
Lyrics submitted by DecidedxToxBreakxIt
September Lyrics as written by Olafur Arnalds
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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oh and just to add to what i said i think he is waiting for something to ruin it for him... like it's all too sweet to last :)