"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.
I’m so sorry for the things I’ve done
And what I did to you is up there number 1.
So sweaty of palm and tongue tied tight,
We’ll sit here and talk late into the night.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
Cause we are old friends you and I,
many a time sat silent at my side.
And if this is to be our last goodbye
I’ll take with me a part of you that never dies.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
And what I did to you is up there number 1.
So sweaty of palm and tongue tied tight,
We’ll sit here and talk late into the night.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
Cause we are old friends you and I,
many a time sat silent at my side.
And if this is to be our last goodbye
I’ll take with me a part of you that never dies.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
Lyrics submitted by Thistis
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thank you chibi101, no one is better for having read your comment. (although this might make me a hypocrate :-)
Sunhsine your comment made me smile...which made me a little better which ipso facto prevents you from being a hypocrite!! <br /> <br /> The opening line to this song is perfection!<br /> <br /> this song is a 6 minute eargasm...
to me this song is just about the mistakes that have happened between two friends and the toll it has taken on them but also the toll of time and changes they went through that have seperated the both of them.
That's some strange song structure there! 2 verses, 2 bridges, 2 choruses! =]
Sorry just wanted to say about the 2 verses, 2 choruses, 2 bridges: the strangeness is that it's written like in paragraphs in an essay or letter: all are about the same size, plus he repeats them which make you feel as if they're all the same! Like: bridge, chorus, verse? Does it matter anymore? I could argue that the chorus or bridge, or that the chorus is changing, and the verse is the these are happening in songs, just seperately usually. The only way to conclude that he starts with a verse is the convention of not starting with a bridge, or the improbability of starting with a chorus, cause statistically, most don't. Also, usually the verses are the one changing but if I hadn't have the structure in my mind presented simply as shown here like just from listening I couldn't tell cause when mess up with the time signature like they do you don't think of it anymore as highlights and stuff; I find it interseting that maybe math rock can redefine those things, or disobey them. Maybe they haven't here, but I think they are very close to do so.
Sorry just wanted to say about the 2 verses, 2 choruses, 2 bridges: the strangeness is that it's written like in paragraphs in an essay or letter: all are about the same size, plus he repeats them which make you feel as if they're all the same! Like: bridge, chorus, verse? Does it matter anymore? I could argue that the chorus or bridge, or that the chorus is changing, and the verse is the these are happening in songs, just seperately usually. The only way to conclude that he starts with a verse is the convention of not starting with a bridge, or the improbability of starting with a chorus, cause statistically, most don't. Also, usually the verses are the one changing but if I hadn't have the structure in my mind presented simply as shown here like just from listening I couldn't tell cause when mess up with the time signature like they do you don't think of it anymore as highlights and stuff; I find it interseting that maybe math rock can redefine those things, or disobey them. Maybe they haven't here, but I think they are very close to do so.
I think it isn't a 'wanting ex back' at all. This song means so much to me bc it reminds me of me and my best friend. Through all of the shit I've put him through, he's still there for me. THAT is the emotion that I personally feel