"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.
Tell me how I finally figured it out
That now you're caught in the things you said you'd never do
And now, it's starting to show like her skin fell out of her clothes
She's got a list of moves to make
Stay for me
It was the first, it was the...
Stay on me
Well, take your time lighting the room
When all's said and done, I, I bet you're covering
I bet you're covering
Is it a wonder you're lonely?
Taking chances to feel again
I bet you never knew
I bet you never
Stay for me
It was the first, it was the...
Stay on me
Suddenly, a cloud must have cut
A hole in my head
When I was tangled all in your words
How quick to forget, we are
With eyes unimpressed, you're sealing the conversations
And are you wondering how things could be?
Just staring at the surface
When all the walls have tendencies
But it's not your fault
When no one taught you how
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And you're so sure that I'd be just fine here
And now the one you once loved is leaving
But you were surely just taking your own time, dear
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And you're so sure that I'd be just fine here
And now the one you once loved is leaving
But you were surely just taking your own time, dear
And now the one you once loved is leaving
That now you're caught in the things you said you'd never do
And now, it's starting to show like her skin fell out of her clothes
She's got a list of moves to make
Stay for me
It was the first, it was the...
Stay on me
Well, take your time lighting the room
When all's said and done, I, I bet you're covering
I bet you're covering
Is it a wonder you're lonely?
Taking chances to feel again
I bet you never knew
I bet you never
Stay for me
It was the first, it was the...
Stay on me
Suddenly, a cloud must have cut
A hole in my head
When I was tangled all in your words
How quick to forget, we are
With eyes unimpressed, you're sealing the conversations
And are you wondering how things could be?
Just staring at the surface
When all the walls have tendencies
But it's not your fault
When no one taught you how
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And you're so sure that I'd be just fine here
And now the one you once loved is leaving
But you were surely just taking your own time, dear
And now the one you once loved is leaving
And you're so sure that I'd be just fine here
And now the one you once loved is leaving
But you were surely just taking your own time, dear
And now the one you once loved is leaving
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"Suddenly, a cloud must have cleared A hole in my head When I was tangled all in your words"
Mindy sounds amazing and this is my favorite song on the album.
"But it's not your fault When no one's heart you have"
Wierd.. I've always heard: "But it's not your fault, when no one taught you how"
I was always under the impression that they both cheated on each other.
I think its about a girl who couldn't show affection for the boy as she might of been hurt before, and he got bored with her and cheated on her with another girl
"Tell me how I finally figured it out That now you're caught in the things you said you'd never do And now, it's starting to show like her skin fell out of her clothes She's got a list of moves to make" self explanatory I think, he said hed never cheat
the bits the girl sings is from her perspective and vice versa
"With eyes unimpressed, you're sealing the conversations And are you wondering how things could be? Just staring at the surface"
I think this part is about the boy not showing any interest in her any more, and thinking about how it would be to be with the other girl.. but not knowing fully 'staring at the surface'
"And now the one you once loved is leaving And you're so sure that I'd be just fine here And now the one you once loved is leaving But you were surely just taking your own time, dear"
I think this bit.. 'the one you once loved' is the girl.. shes leaving him because she cheated on him and hes lost love for her. and the guy is saying - 'you were so sure id be just fine, you were taking your own time' I think this relates back to the fact that she couldnt love him soon enough for him
Lastly I think the "Stay for me It was the first, it was the... Stay on me"
is the lust and love of the scenario. theyre both singing "stay for me. it was the first" which id take as their 'love' for each other. perhaps the first and then "it was the... stay on me" is lust, maybe for the other girl
thats what I got who knows, may not make any sense at all haha
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"Suddenly, a cloud must have cleared A hole in my head When I was tangled all in your words How quick to forget, we are"
well this is my first time doing this, and I'm just gonna take a stab at it.
It seems like a girl is cheating on her boyfriend after she said she wouldn't, and now it's consumed her.
"Is it a wonder you're lonely?" I'm guessing that's him saying do you really not know why you're lonely? assuming she doesn't get in relationships much, or atleast manage to stay in them without the other leaving her.
just my 2 cents, and my interpretation. :)