"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.
(Hey) Alabama, Arkansas
I do love my ma and pa
Not that way that I do love you
Well, holy moly, me oh my
You're the apple of my eye
Girl, I've never loved one like you
Man, oh man, you're my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
Ain't nothing please me more than you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey, hey)
La, la, la, la, take me home
(Daddy) Mother, I'm coming home
I'll follow you into the park
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I never loved one like you (hey)
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls
I've been everywhere (hey) with you
That's true, laugh until we think we'll die
Barefoot on a summer night
Never could be sweeter than with you (hey)
And in the streets you run a-free
Like it's only you and me
Geez, you're something to see
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey, hey)
La, la, la, la, take me home
(Daddy) Mother, I'm coming home
"Jade"
"Alexander"
"Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?"
"I sure do, you came jumping out after me"
"Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass
And you were bleedin' all over the place
And I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?"
"Yes, I do"
"Well, there's something I never told you about that night"
"What didn't you tell me?"
"While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette
You thought was gonna be your last
I was falling deep, deeply in love with you
And I never told you 'til just now"
"Aww"
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is where I'm alone with you
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, yes, I am home
Home is when I'm alone with you
Alabama, Arkansas
I do love my ma and pa
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls
Home is when I'm alone with you
Home is when I'm alone with you
I do love my ma and pa
Not that way that I do love you
Well, holy moly, me oh my
You're the apple of my eye
Girl, I've never loved one like you
Man, oh man, you're my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
Ain't nothing please me more than you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey, hey)
La, la, la, la, take me home
(Daddy) Mother, I'm coming home
I'll follow you into the park
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I never loved one like you (hey)
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls
I've been everywhere (hey) with you
That's true, laugh until we think we'll die
Barefoot on a summer night
Never could be sweeter than with you (hey)
And in the streets you run a-free
Like it's only you and me
Geez, you're something to see
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey, hey)
La, la, la, la, take me home
(Daddy) Mother, I'm coming home
"Jade"
"Alexander"
"Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?"
"I sure do, you came jumping out after me"
"Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass
And you were bleedin' all over the place
And I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?"
"Yes, I do"
"Well, there's something I never told you about that night"
"What didn't you tell me?"
"While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette
You thought was gonna be your last
I was falling deep, deeply in love with you
And I never told you 'til just now"
"Aww"
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, let me come home
Home is where I'm alone with you
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Oh, home, yes, I am home
Home is when I'm alone with you
Alabama, Arkansas
I do love my ma and pa
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls
Home is when I'm alone with you
Home is when I'm alone with you
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I think is what true love is supposed to sound like.
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"It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... and I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away." -Dory
No truer words have ever been spoken. This song reflects that statement perfectly, and it will never have the same significance to anyone, like it does to me.
the way she says "Alexander" is adorable!
yeah!!! and when Alexander tells Jade about Himself falling in love with her for the first time, her responses are so precious!
Agreed, that is the only part of the dialogue I feel inclined to sing along with. And her laugh is so adorable.
Attack me if you will, but I think they have a very Johnny and June Carter Cash feel on this song, especially when they go into the talking part. It really reminds me of "Jackson."
Do you think that's a bad thing? Cause I don't.
No, not at all. Quite the opposite. I'm just saying that many consider Johnny Cash as an untouchable.
totally agree =)
Oh shit yer!
I agree! I think I actually like the song a tad bit more after hearing that comparison. :)
True
I have seen Ed Sharpe twice live, and both times this performance ignited something inside me that I have never felt thru another song. They all have such an inspiring presence. The words are so straightforward and they have such a simple meaning, but they trigger the deepest feelings of love that we all carry within us that we don't always express. Being "home" wraps all of these feelings into one word for me. We all know what its like to be home, to be safe, to feel protected, to have reciprocated love that just makes me you want to shoot into the sky. When I hear this specific song, I think of everything that has once or currently makes me feel uplifted and high. I cant help but let go and move my body loosely and i just feel so full of bliss... from the second he starts in with that whistling. My head seriously doesnt stop bobbing and my arms dont stop fluttering everytime i dance to this song....aha... umm yeah so I'd definitely say that this song changed the way I listen to music and what I look for in music. There isnt another song that has ever made me so happy. Jade and the other girl in the band dove into the crowd during their performance at Coachella this year at the end of the show with flowers in their hair and every other person in the band was just doing their thang on stage. I loved this song before I saw them live, but the make their music through their performances. If already enjoy their music and if you have the chance to see them, you cannot turn it up... it will complete your life.
ok is it just me or does jade sound like zooey deschanel? especially in the part when they are talking.
Haaha..Yeah!
For some reason, ESatMZ kinda flew under my radar. The first time I heard this on the radio, I thought it was She and Him!
hahaha exactly my thought!
this song might bring me to happy tears
There is no deep meaning to this song, as the lyrics are pretty strait forward. But just by judging by the comments posted here, as well as what several people I know say (and even my own reaction), if one were to look for a deeper meaning in this song, it would be a feeling of pure joy.
Just because it's simple does not mean there is no deep meaning. Perhaps by "deep" you meant "enigmatic" or "cryptic."
I could listen to them alllll day :) the music makes me happy and makes me want to bounce around with joy. edward sharpe n the crew will always make my day!
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You're exactly right.