"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.
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ah, ooh ooh
What if I told you it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me, would you agree?
It's almost that feeling that we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell your love has come here and now
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Everything changes, but beauty remains
Something so tender I can't explain
Well I may be dreaming but 'til I could awake
Can we make the dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love that we share
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
(Some people wait a lifetime)
A moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this (for a moment like this)
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
(Some people search forever)
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
For a moment like this
Ooh, ah, ooh ooh
What if I told you it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me, would you agree?
It's almost that feeling that we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell your love has come here and now
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Everything changes, but beauty remains
Something so tender I can't explain
Well I may be dreaming but 'til I could awake
Can we make the dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love that we share
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
(Some people wait a lifetime)
A moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this (for a moment like this)
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
(Some people search forever)
For that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
For a moment like this
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A Moment Like This Lyrics as written by Jorgen Elofsson John Reid
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Leona did the better version of this song (:
God.
This song makes me cry.
Leona is wonderful.
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever ever sung. And I think Leona Lewis has the most gorgeous voice -she does a better cover of the song than Kelly Clarkson.
The meaning is pretty obvious. This was her winning X Factor single, so the song obviously reflects what she would be feeling - this is the moment she has worked for and been waiting for her whole life.