"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.
Glamor and fashion
Models and magazines
A striking runway entrance
Beauty and passion
Stardust and high class scenes
Of popular teens
When I lived in Denver
I met a millionaire
With ribbons in her blond hair
I still remember
She was like a princess
Straight from a dreamy castle in the air
So lovely
She was everything to me
Both alone in the dark
We longed to see the sun
Rise over the Bering Strait
I was sick of the west
When I turned 21
So I moved to the Sunshine State
We played golf on the moon
And tennis on the sun
Like athletes in the afternoon
The solar flares burned my arms
And made her make-up run
On our super-lunar honeymoon
I was the youngest son of a congressman
And everything was my fault
She was a gymnast
Happily swinging on the uneven bars
Tucked in a somersault
So lovely
She was everything to me
So lovely
She was everything to me
Both alone in the dark
We longed to see the sun
Rise over the Bering Strait
I was sick of the west
When I turned 21
So I moved to the Sunshine State
We played golf on the moon
And tennis on the sun
Like athletes in the afternoon
The solar flares burned my arms
And made her make-up run
On our super-lunar honeymoon
Models and magazines
A striking runway entrance
Beauty and passion
Stardust and high class scenes
Of popular teens
When I lived in Denver
I met a millionaire
With ribbons in her blond hair
I still remember
She was like a princess
Straight from a dreamy castle in the air
So lovely
She was everything to me
Both alone in the dark
We longed to see the sun
Rise over the Bering Strait
I was sick of the west
When I turned 21
So I moved to the Sunshine State
We played golf on the moon
And tennis on the sun
Like athletes in the afternoon
The solar flares burned my arms
And made her make-up run
On our super-lunar honeymoon
I was the youngest son of a congressman
And everything was my fault
She was a gymnast
Happily swinging on the uneven bars
Tucked in a somersault
So lovely
She was everything to me
So lovely
She was everything to me
Both alone in the dark
We longed to see the sun
Rise over the Bering Strait
I was sick of the west
When I turned 21
So I moved to the Sunshine State
We played golf on the moon
And tennis on the sun
Like athletes in the afternoon
The solar flares burned my arms
And made her make-up run
On our super-lunar honeymoon
Lyrics submitted by AhaBradenOwnzAha
Super Honeymoon Lyrics as written by Adam R. Young
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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man this song makes me tingle on the inside about how cute it all is. i love the line "we played golf on the moon, and tennis on the sun like athlete on their afternoon" its just talking like anything is possible.
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I think this song is about a girl who he really liked, but she was really popular so he daydreamed about her and them on their honeymoon, which consisted of unrealistic things like going to space. Also it just has that daydreamy feel to it, ya know?
I'm surprised that no one has commented this. This song makes me so happy. I love it so much.
Adam Young is incredible.
I'm surprised that no one has commented this. This song makes me so happy. I love it so much.
Adam Young is incredible.
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cute song :) i have this dream of living in Alaska so the lines "Both alone in the dark We long to see the sun Rise over the Bering Strait" are so great to me. Hopefully I will one day.
I've lived in Alaska my whole life... can't wait to get away! I hate it here, but that's probably only because I've always been here...
hehe i wanna go to alaska i've never seen snow i live in texas xD is it preetay =P
I love that this song talks about Denver, and even calls it glamorous lol
I live here, so I think it's cute that he thought of it and the millionaire-girl that way :)
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to me, this song is about a guy and a girl who broke up cuz their relationship was awkward and they both knew they werent meant to be i guess
"both alone in the dark, we long to see the sun rise over the bering strait"
"i was sick of the west when i turned 21, so i moved to the sunshine state"
"we played golf on the moon and tennis on the sun like athletes of the afternoon"
"the solar flares burned my arms, and made her make up run on our super lunar honeymoon"