"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.
Started out just as friends
Never thought that we would end up like this
Now my heart was for you
Can't believe that I found a love so true
You don't care for me, you don't understand
What it meant to me when you were my man
Now it's over and you don't comprehend
That there's no more now
Baby, please take me back
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
Now I'm here all alone, you won't know
Cause you don't care at all
Now I said to myself
That my love was for you and no one else
Still I want you here
But it interferes with the way I feel
After all these years
You don't seem to be
What you were to me
No more baby
Just please go ahead and leave
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to
Look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me
Boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me
Now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
repeat
You changed your ways
You're not the same
I wish that we could go back to yesterday
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to
Look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me
Boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me
Now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
Never thought that we would end up like this
Now my heart was for you
Can't believe that I found a love so true
You don't care for me, you don't understand
What it meant to me when you were my man
Now it's over and you don't comprehend
That there's no more now
Baby, please take me back
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
Now I'm here all alone, you won't know
Cause you don't care at all
Now I said to myself
That my love was for you and no one else
Still I want you here
But it interferes with the way I feel
After all these years
You don't seem to be
What you were to me
No more baby
Just please go ahead and leave
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to
Look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me
Boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me
Now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
repeat
You changed your ways
You're not the same
I wish that we could go back to yesterday
I don't know who you are
You're not who you used to be
I remember when you used to
Look at me differently
Now you don't talk to me
Boy, you can't even see
I miss who you really are
I can't see how you've gone this far
You don't even know me
Now I see I need to leave
Boy, you just lied to me
You're not the one for me
Lyrics submitted by mm123456
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Wow, i can't believe there's no comments on this song! :O One of my favorite songs haha. But anyway .. ;
This song is about a girl who is still deeply inlove with her ex boyfriend, but knows that he didn't treat her right in the end. They had an amazing relationship at first and she loved who he was, but all of a sudden he changed into a different person which led to the breakup. Alot of times in this song, she's debating and arguing with herself if she needs him or is better off without him. For example :
"Can't believe that I found a love so true You don't care for me, you don't understand" or "Now it's over and you don't comprehend That there's no more now baby, please take me back" There's a big difference about her view on him. She first says that she is so inlove, then explains basically what a jerk he was.
I also concluded that she's still not over her ex, but she still wants to get together with him despite all of his mistakes and all of the hurt he's caused. She knows inside that he doesn't love her, but she's still lingering on to the memories when they WERE inlove, when everything was okay. Those memories make her believe that they should be together, even when their broken up and he's still obviously not inlove with her, the way he doesn't keep in contact or even conversates with her.