"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.
Everything around me seems so much different than where I'm from
And at this rate I think my fate's been sealed, this life's so unpredictable
We'll go continue to live a life that no one knows
Where's this gonna go?
Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
Go
Everything about me seemed so much different when I was young
I couldn't wait to take my place five years have passed, good God, have I been gone?
So, why? I've never felt so alone in my whole life
Time's not on my side
Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
And why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?
Why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?
And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?
And at this rate I think my fate's been sealed, this life's so unpredictable
We'll go continue to live a life that no one knows
Where's this gonna go?
Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
Go
Everything about me seemed so much different when I was young
I couldn't wait to take my place five years have passed, good God, have I been gone?
So, why? I've never felt so alone in my whole life
Time's not on my side
Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
And why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?
Why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward
Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?
And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11, edited by xSpringx, SirDalvion, Ecaw
Homesick Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Thomas H. Jr. Denney
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Such a good song, pretty straightforward. Swear to god I thought they said, "And tell Dad I just farted," when I heard it for the first time.
This made me laugh so hard. Thank you.
It does, doesn't it? Even so, that's a beautiful chorus
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I guess it's all about not giving up on anything you do, even if its impossible
Isn't the line "They're gone if I'd be gone" wrong?
I'm pretty sure the line's "Good god, have I been gone?"
In the first verse instead of "Where she's gonna go"
I believe it's "Where's this gonna go?"
Just thought I'd throw that in there.
Exactly, I thought the same thing. It really sounds like "And tell Dad I just farted."
wow lol your dorks! i didnt think of that tell yal said it! but yeah this song is easily about feeling lonely at times.
i think its like then describing their rise to fame as a total band and they are just describing their experience
hey, in the first verse, its "we'll go to continue to live a life that no one knows"
theres like no comments. why? this song is darn awesome!!! love adtr