"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.
You broke it you bought it, you broke it you bought it [x7]
[Verse 1]
Listen to me wanna tell you what I feel
I never ever thought I'd be the one to feel those feelings that
I never thought I had
Cuz everything you felt is never coming back
My hearts alone out there
I wanna tell you but I'm too damn scared
[Hook]
There's no return
Another lesson learned
And I'm so, so tired
(That girl)
That use to look at no one else
(I'm that girl)
That you trying to put back on that shelf
You never showed me
You never told me
Why you, you
[Chorus]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Why did ya break my heart?
[Verse 2]
So listen to me let me tell you what I mean
I'm outta time, I'm outta heart, I'im outta me
I gave up everything I had
And now I'm living in the past
It was so hard,you were so cold
Why can't you see that I got no where left to go
[Hook]
There's no return
Another lesson learned
And I just wish you knew that you
(You was that guy)
Who always had the words to say
(You was that guy)
That I thought would never get away
You never showed me
you never told me
why you, you
[Chorus]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
(You took a piece of me with you)
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Why did ya break my heart?
[Bridge]
So many times I tried to talk but you never listened to me
So many times you said I'm wrong
But I couldn't see
Feel broke inside
Control my mind
Now a shadow's all I see
When you went away you took a piece of me
with you.....
And my heart (shattered)!
[Chorus x2]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
(Why did ya break my heart? [repeat 1])
Why did ya, why did ya, why did ya break [x4]
Ooooooooooh why did ya break my heart..........?
[Verse 1]
Listen to me wanna tell you what I feel
I never ever thought I'd be the one to feel those feelings that
I never thought I had
Cuz everything you felt is never coming back
My hearts alone out there
I wanna tell you but I'm too damn scared
[Hook]
There's no return
Another lesson learned
And I'm so, so tired
(That girl)
That use to look at no one else
(I'm that girl)
That you trying to put back on that shelf
You never showed me
You never told me
Why you, you
[Chorus]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Why did ya break my heart?
[Verse 2]
So listen to me let me tell you what I mean
I'm outta time, I'm outta heart, I'im outta me
I gave up everything I had
And now I'm living in the past
It was so hard,you were so cold
Why can't you see that I got no where left to go
[Hook]
There's no return
Another lesson learned
And I just wish you knew that you
(You was that guy)
Who always had the words to say
(You was that guy)
That I thought would never get away
You never showed me
you never told me
why you, you
[Chorus]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
(You took a piece of me with you)
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Why did ya break my heart?
[Bridge]
So many times I tried to talk but you never listened to me
So many times you said I'm wrong
But I couldn't see
Feel broke inside
Control my mind
Now a shadow's all I see
When you went away you took a piece of me
with you.....
And my heart (shattered)!
[Chorus x2]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
Shattered shattered shattered my heart
When you broke it you bought it, when you broke it you bought it [2x]
(Why did ya break my heart? [repeat 1])
Why did ya, why did ya, why did ya break [x4]
Ooooooooooh why did ya break my heart..........?
Lyrics submitted by BasedDiosa
Shatter'd Lyrics as written by Joacim Bo Persson Jimmy Andrew Richard
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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