"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.
What I have in me
In the mind is you
(I would die if this was wrong)
What I'm feeling now
What I'm heading into!
(I am lost in pain without you)
(So cold, so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
All the nights I've prayed
Must this all be untrue?
(I am not prepared to be strong)
I just can't believe I am losing you
(Unprepared to carry on)
(I can't see you walk away)
(So cold, so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
I am losing you forever
(I am lost in pain without you)
I am leaving ground forever
(Forever, forever)
Distant, so far, destiny is selecting me
I can't be strong, life is disconnecting me
Now loneliness infecting me
Gone are the days, you were there protecting me
So cold (so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
I am losing you forever
(I am lost in pain without you)
I am leaving ground forever (forever)
All I have is you (It is all that I'm breathing for)
All I need is you (Now I can't make it through)
It is all that I'm waiting for
(Waiting for, waiting for)
(Waiting for, waiting for, waiting for)
In the mind is you
(I would die if this was wrong)
What I'm feeling now
What I'm heading into!
(I am lost in pain without you)
(So cold, so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
All the nights I've prayed
Must this all be untrue?
(I am not prepared to be strong)
I just can't believe I am losing you
(Unprepared to carry on)
(I can't see you walk away)
(So cold, so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
I am losing you forever
(I am lost in pain without you)
I am leaving ground forever
(Forever, forever)
Distant, so far, destiny is selecting me
I can't be strong, life is disconnecting me
Now loneliness infecting me
Gone are the days, you were there protecting me
So cold (so alone)
All I have is you
It is all that I'm waiting for
All I need is you
(Now I can't make it through)
I am losing you forever
(I am lost in pain without you)
I am leaving ground forever (forever)
All I have is you (It is all that I'm breathing for)
All I need is you (Now I can't make it through)
It is all that I'm waiting for
(Waiting for, waiting for)
(Waiting for, waiting for, waiting for)
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Jesus fuck, this just screams what I'm going through right now
I went through something like this before... Is it sad that I'm depressed right now?
Keep your head up. :)
So bloody depressing
Wow.
Great song! The lyrics aren't entirely right though...
i think it's: .....
All the nights I prayed Must this all be untrue
Not prepared to carry on I can see you walk away (so cold, so alive)
I just can't belive I am losing you Not prepared to carry on I can see you walk away (so cold, so alive)
All I have is you It is all that I'm breathing for All I need is you Now I can't make it through I am losing you forever I am lost in pain without you I am leaving ground forever (forever)
These days are foul, destiny's selecting me Murder these thoughts, life is disconnecting me NOOOOOOOO Loving is effecting me, Count all the times, you were there, protecting me
(so cold), SO ALIVE!
All I have is you It is all that I'm breathing for All I need is you Now I can't make it through I am losing you forever I am lost in pain without you I am leaving ground forever (forever)
All I have is you It is all that I'm breathing for All I need is you Now I can't make it through
(It is all that I'm waiting for, waiting for, waiting for)
ur wrong with the "so alive"<br /> because if he said "so cold, so alive" it is basically contradicting himself, he can't be alive if he needs the gurl in his life... he is missing something with out her, so he is alone... not alive
Great song.
I believe this is the actual lyrics, I got this from the alternative version with no screaming, the lyrics might be different for the alternative version, but I have listened to the normal version with these lyrics, and they sound correct. So I highly doubt that.
What I have in me, in the mind is you I would die if we were through What I'm feeling now What I m having you do I am lost in pain without you So cold. So alone.
All I have is you it is all that I`m waiting for All I need is you Now I can make it through
All the nights I prayed Must this all be untrue I am not prepared to be strong
I just can't believe I am losing you Not prepared to going on, what you see and walk away So cold. So alone
All I have is you It is all that I'm breathing for All I need is you Now I can't make it through I am losing you forever I am lost in pain without you I am leaving ground forever (Forever)
Distance so far, distiny selecting me I can't be strong, life is disconnecting me Lonelyness infecting me, count all the days You were there protecting me So cold. So alone.
All I have is you It is all that I'm breathing for All I need is you Now I can't make it through I am losing you forever I am lost in pain without you I am leaving ground forever (Forever) All I have is you
All I need is you Now I can't make it through (It is all that I'm breathing for)
0_0 amazing song.