"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.
Hes in every love scene
On the screen
He drives every blue car
Right through my heart
Hes in every song i hear
That i cant listen to
If i look down at my hands
They remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every love scene
on the screen
He drives every blue car
right through my heart
hes in every song i hear
that i cant listen to
if i look down at my hands
they remind me of...
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every dream i dream
when i try and catch some sleep
Hes in bad songs too
nothing compares to you
Hes the boy with long hair
.....?
If i look down at my hands
they remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Heart beats slow when hes not there...
Every... can get him out of my head
He can be in two places at the same time
but wherever he is...
He can never be mine.
Hes in every love scene
On the screen
He drives every blue car
Right through my heart
Hes on every song i hear
That i cant listen to
If i look down at my hands
They remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every dream i dream
when i try and catch some sleep
He's in bad songs too
nothing compares to you
Hes the boy with long hair
.....?
If i look down at my hands
they remind me of...
The boy i wish,
i never met...
never met...
Leave me alone (you are alone)
Leave me alone (you are alone)
Let me be
...?
Or else ill cry..?
Ive never seen him happier
when he said
Goodbye.
On the screen
He drives every blue car
Right through my heart
Hes in every song i hear
That i cant listen to
If i look down at my hands
They remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every love scene
on the screen
He drives every blue car
right through my heart
hes in every song i hear
that i cant listen to
if i look down at my hands
they remind me of...
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every dream i dream
when i try and catch some sleep
Hes in bad songs too
nothing compares to you
Hes the boy with long hair
.....?
If i look down at my hands
they remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Heart beats slow when hes not there...
Every... can get him out of my head
He can be in two places at the same time
but wherever he is...
He can never be mine.
Hes in every love scene
On the screen
He drives every blue car
Right through my heart
Hes on every song i hear
That i cant listen to
If i look down at my hands
They remind me of
The boy i wish,
I never met.
Hes in every dream i dream
when i try and catch some sleep
He's in bad songs too
nothing compares to you
Hes the boy with long hair
.....?
If i look down at my hands
they remind me of...
The boy i wish,
i never met...
never met...
Leave me alone (you are alone)
Leave me alone (you are alone)
Let me be
...?
Or else ill cry..?
Ive never seen him happier
when he said
Goodbye.
Lyrics submitted by Rubix-Kube
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