"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.
Called her for the first time yesterday
Finally found the missing part of me
Felt so close but you were far away
Left me without anything to say
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
I can't get your smile out of my mind
(I can't get you out of my mind)
I think about your eyes all the time
You're beautiful but you don't even try
(You don't even, don't even try)
Modesty is just so hard to find
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
Kissed her for the first time yesterday
Everything I wished that it would be
Suddenly I forgot how to speak
Hopeless, breathless, baby, can't you see?
Now I'm
Yeah, oh
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Now I'm hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
(Ohh-oh)
Love bug again (woo)
Finally found the missing part of me
Felt so close but you were far away
Left me without anything to say
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
I can't get your smile out of my mind
(I can't get you out of my mind)
I think about your eyes all the time
You're beautiful but you don't even try
(You don't even, don't even try)
Modesty is just so hard to find
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
Kissed her for the first time yesterday
Everything I wished that it would be
Suddenly I forgot how to speak
Hopeless, breathless, baby, can't you see?
Now I'm
Yeah, oh
Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Now I'm hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
(Ohh-oh)
Love bug again (woo)
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Lovebug Lyrics as written by Kevin Jonas Joseph Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is the definition of bad music. Why is it on song meanings? You'd have to be completely clueless to NOT understand... or to write it.
This song is obviously about contracting an STD. "I never thought I'd catch this lovebug again"
it's this feeling, when you're just about to fall for somebody and you've got these butterflies in your stomach and thinking about him makes you smile and whenever he's around you're so scared you'll say something stupid, so you keep quiet and hope he'll say something to you instead .. and though you never thought you'd fall in love again, you find yourself crawling on the ground, head over heels for him.
Corny and cliche, but still cute. That's the Jonas Brothers for you.
this, is probably the only Jonas Brothers i will ever like. it's very likable because it's different and when i looked it up on wikipedia. they cited juno as an influence for this song -- wow! hahaha! they could've said they intended to make this song FOLKY, but yeah. i don't know why, but that got me peeved.
the meaning is very laid out there for everyone to see. it's someone finding love after so long a time has gone by that he/she's been disappointed by it. very romantic. =]
the video just illustrates my point. for me, it's the best song that came out of the group.
I love this songg.
I saw them live the other day and Joe tapdances to it. =] it's like, the most adorable thing ever..
definatly their best song on the new album. that we've heard. and the way they do it at shows. swoon. with the band.
and the fact it's so soft and slow. then jumps up to fast.
the beginning sounds cliche but i heard this song at their concert the other day & it's pretty catchy. :]
love it!!
the lyrics are so cliche, but i love the song[: ahahah.