"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.
If you don't believe me,
If you don't like my plans,
You mustn't tell me,
How I know your face like the back of my hands.
We walk the city,
I talk to you, understand
So won't you tell me.
How I know this place like the back of my hand.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me, out there.
And I know you're near me.
I know you understand.
Say that you're with me.
Say you know my face like the back of your hands.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me, out there.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Out there
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
There, there
February air, air
And I know this place like the back of my hands
If you don't like my plans,
You mustn't tell me,
How I know your face like the back of my hands.
We walk the city,
I talk to you, understand
So won't you tell me.
How I know this place like the back of my hand.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me, out there.
And I know you're near me.
I know you understand.
Say that you're with me.
Say you know my face like the back of your hands.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me, out there.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Out there
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
My arms get cold,
In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there.
There, there
February air, air
And I know this place like the back of my hands
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this girl is amazing her music is like a breath of fresh air. she is going places
as for the song... im not too sure what it is about what it reminds me of is wanting to get away from the things you know so well
in video interviews she says that she wrote it during valentines and that she had just moved into toronto and she didn't know anyone and she just wanted someone to hold or be with or something, that's why it's called "february" air
she's also probably talking about her parents when she says "Please don't lose hold<br /> Of me, out there" since she was only 18 when she moved out.<br /> <br /> and i kinda doubt that it'd be a song about a guy or whatever bc she says she doesn't really write songs about that stuff.
i think its about being in love and hoping that the other person feels the same.
of all places, I found this song on a demo for a new sony erricson walkman phone. it was the only song stored on it.
This is a fantastic, sincere pop song and i hope she goes on to release an album. and she's gorgeous....
the song seems like being in love and just being with each other sooo much and they enjoy it soo much and she still wants him to hold on to her and never let go
i love this song, and the girl that sings this song is reallllllly pretty, and i lovvve her voice!
*If I know you're near me [is actually] "And I know you're near me"
the cool thing about this song is that it can be interpreted in several ways ... when i hear this i think that its the voice of that person that you've always dreamt of but never met , and how he/she's saying that to never "lose hold" of the hope of being with them
I like this interpretation a lot...lol.
*Do you know my face like the back of your hand? [is actually] "So you know my face like the back of your hand"
And in the second to last line "air" is only said twice
for the last line its "and i know this place like the back of my hand" not "face", "place" :)
i know this song like the back of my hand man!
i think this song is for the people who know they have something good with someone but they are not doing anything about it. that they shouldn't ignore what it is in front and grab hold on before they lose that person completely.