"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 fading to grey
losing all track of time
(I'll die, in your own storm)
I'm shattered in pieces
(Lift up my eye)
I am falling this time
I open my heart for you
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing, lonely in tears
My heart is gone I'm falling behind
I'm fading away
I lose in the end, I lose in the end
a reason to be
find me a miracle
(Free my life from destruction)
What am I worth now
(My happy ending long gone)
I open my heart for you
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing, lonely in tears
My heart is gone I'm falling behind
(I never felt so alone)
there's no turning back
(Forgiveness is long gone)
I'm falling behind,
(I never felt so closed)
the legions are near me,
(I'm falling behind I'm losing my words now)
(I'm falling behind my life becomes lifeless)
(I'm falling behind)
Standing lonely in tears, my heart is gone I'm falling behind
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing lonely in tears
My heart is gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm being something I'm not
(Something I'm not)
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
(Falling behind)
Now I'm standing lonely in tears
(Lonely in tears)
My heart is gone, I'm falling behind
losing all track of time
(I'll die, in your own storm)
I'm shattered in pieces
(Lift up my eye)
I am falling this time
I open my heart for you
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing, lonely in tears
My heart is gone I'm falling behind
I'm fading away
I lose in the end, I lose in the end
a reason to be
find me a miracle
(Free my life from destruction)
What am I worth now
(My happy ending long gone)
I open my heart for you
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing, lonely in tears
My heart is gone I'm falling behind
(I never felt so alone)
there's no turning back
(Forgiveness is long gone)
I'm falling behind,
(I never felt so closed)
the legions are near me,
(I'm falling behind I'm losing my words now)
(I'm falling behind my life becomes lifeless)
(I'm falling behind)
Standing lonely in tears, my heart is gone I'm falling behind
Now I'm being something I'm not
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm standing lonely in tears
My heart is gone, I'm falling behind
Now I'm being something I'm not
(Something I'm not)
Memories gone, I'm falling behind
(Falling behind)
Now I'm standing lonely in tears
(Lonely in tears)
My heart is gone, I'm falling behind
Lyrics submitted by shatterzero666
Falling Behind Lyrics as written by Pontus Hjelm Jimmie Strimell
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Actually it's "I'm fading to gray" and "shattered in pieces" :)
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Actually, i think that you have some of the lyrics wrong...<br /> This is it:<br /> I'm fading to grey, losing all track of time.<br /> I'll die, in your own storm; I'm shattered in pieces,<br /> lift up my eyes, I am falling this time.<br /> <br /> I open my heart for you!<br /> <br /> Now I'm being something I'm not,<br /> Memories gone, I'm falling behind.<br /> Now I'm standing, lonely in tears,<br /> My heart is gone I'm falling behind!<br /> <br /> I'm fading away, I lose in the end (I lose in the end),<br /> a reason to be, find me a miracle,<br /> Free my life from destruction,<br /> What am I worth now, my happing ending long gone?<br /> <br /> I open my heart for you!<br /> <br /> Now I'm being something I'm not,<br /> Memories gone, I'm falling behind.<br /> Now I'm standing, lonely in tears,<br /> My heart is gone I'm falling behind!<br /> <br /> I never felt so alone, theres no turning back,<br /> Forgiveness is long gone, I'm falling behind,<br /> I never felt so closed, the legions are near me,<br /> I'm falling behind; I'm losing my words now,<br /> I'm falling behind; my life becomes lifeless,<br /> I'm falling behind!<br /> <br /> Standing lonely in tears, my heart is gone I'm falling behind.<br /> <br /> Now I'm being something I'm not, something I'm not!<br /> Memories gone, I'm falling behind,<br /> Now I'm standing lonely in tears, lonely in tears!<br /> My heart is gone, I'm falling behind.<br /> <br /> Now I'm being something I'm not, something I'm not!<br /> Memories gone, I'm falling behind, falling behind!<br /> Now I'm standing lonely in tears, lonely in tears!<br /> My heart is gone, I'm falling behind!