"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.
Did the best that I could
Said I'd die for you and I would
But I drowned all those feelings in the flood
Need to know if you're there
If you're listening to my prayers to my tears
Feel like raindrops through the mud
How was I to know that a year ago I'd need to read between the lines
And every lie and thats why
Every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Living Fast
Dying young
But I'm living with what you've done
Now I face accusations
I won't run
No
I'm starting to remember things that you said
I'm unravelling what they meant
But the world moves on
You're just another one
And how can I go on
'Cause when I'm in the sun I see your shadow on the ground
But you're never there when I turn around
Every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
Whoo
And how can I go on
'Cause when I'm in the sun I see your shadow on the ground
(Shadow on the ground)
But you're never there when I turn around
'Cause every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
(My dreams are haunted)
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
(Right back where you wanted)
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
(Hey)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Hey)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another on
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one)
Said I'd die for you and I would
But I drowned all those feelings in the flood
Need to know if you're there
If you're listening to my prayers to my tears
Feel like raindrops through the mud
How was I to know that a year ago I'd need to read between the lines
And every lie and thats why
Every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Living Fast
Dying young
But I'm living with what you've done
Now I face accusations
I won't run
No
I'm starting to remember things that you said
I'm unravelling what they meant
But the world moves on
You're just another one
And how can I go on
'Cause when I'm in the sun I see your shadow on the ground
But you're never there when I turn around
Every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
Whoo
And how can I go on
'Cause when I'm in the sun I see your shadow on the ground
(Shadow on the ground)
But you're never there when I turn around
'Cause every time I fall asleep my dreams are haunted
(My dreams are haunted)
And every time I close my eyes I'm not alone
And every time I cry I'm right back where you wanted
(Right back where you wanted)
I try to drown you out so down goes another one
(Hey)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one
(Hey)
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another on
Down goes another one
(Down goes another one)
Down goes another one)
Lyrics submitted by brilliantlyxx
Down Goes Another One Lyrics as written by Dougie Lee Poynter Daniel Jones
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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