"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.
Don't, don't, don't, don't leave me
Don't leave me here
Skirt in the air with muted cares
All limbs and love absurd
I know I say just let me stay
But stomp the ground, push me around
And send me on my way
No, no, no, don't leave me
Don't take my word
I've lost my head, I need my bed
I promise you my bird
When I awake all sweet and sound
Without a care or woe
I'll thank you, dear, I'll kiss you, love
No matter friend or foe
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
No, no, no, don't tell me
Of what I've done
I might ignore, just close the door
Before you have your fun
You tell it with such grace and wit
I know it can be humorous
But I don't have the heart for it
Oh, oh, oh, don't look
I've lost my way
I'll button up, hold out my cup
And beg for a cliche
I have no rights to a complaint
I guess it's just a little nuts
We're all a bit insane
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
Oh, please let me
Keep my head
It wouldn't do you any good
Just hanging by a thread
I want to be the best I can
Nose to the ground
It's pound for pound
Or stick it to the man
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
Don't leave me here
Skirt in the air with muted cares
All limbs and love absurd
I know I say just let me stay
But stomp the ground, push me around
And send me on my way
No, no, no, don't leave me
Don't take my word
I've lost my head, I need my bed
I promise you my bird
When I awake all sweet and sound
Without a care or woe
I'll thank you, dear, I'll kiss you, love
No matter friend or foe
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
No, no, no, don't tell me
Of what I've done
I might ignore, just close the door
Before you have your fun
You tell it with such grace and wit
I know it can be humorous
But I don't have the heart for it
Oh, oh, oh, don't look
I've lost my way
I'll button up, hold out my cup
And beg for a cliche
I have no rights to a complaint
I guess it's just a little nuts
We're all a bit insane
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
Oh, please let me
Keep my head
It wouldn't do you any good
Just hanging by a thread
I want to be the best I can
Nose to the ground
It's pound for pound
Or stick it to the man
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
I want to be the best I can
For me, for you, for every man
But I can slip, I lose my place
This shamefulness is hard to face
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she wants sex
I thought it was about cheating as well... and strongly related to it :(
Basically you dont want them to leave you because you love them and you want them to stay, you want them to understand that you don't mean to do what you do, it just happens... But at the same time, you want the other person to stick up for themselves, put there foot down, and tell you that it is not acceptable... Because the more you can get away with it, the more you do it..
I think its more about a submissive female with her dom lover.