"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 not calling you a liar
Just don't lie to me
I'm not calling you a thief
Just don't steal from me
I'm not calling you a ghost
Just stop haunting me
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
Kill me
There's a ghost in my lungs
And it sighs in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tongue
As it softly speaks
Then it walks then it walks with my legs
To fall
To fall
To fall at your feet
Oh, but for the grace of God go on
And when you kiss me I'm happy enough to die
I'm not calling you a liar
Just don't lie to me
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
I'm not calling you a thief
Just don't
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
Oh
I'm not calling you a ghost
Just don't
There's a ghost in my mouth
And it talks in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tongue
As it softly speaks
Then it walks then it walks
Then it walks with my legs
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall at your feet
Oh, but for the grace of God go on
And when you kiss me, I'm happy enough
Just don't lie to me
I'm not calling you a thief
Just don't steal from me
I'm not calling you a ghost
Just stop haunting me
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
Kill me
There's a ghost in my lungs
And it sighs in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tongue
As it softly speaks
Then it walks then it walks with my legs
To fall
To fall
To fall at your feet
Oh, but for the grace of God go on
And when you kiss me I'm happy enough to die
I'm not calling you a liar
Just don't lie to me
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
I'm not calling you a thief
Just don't
And I love you so much
I'm gonna let you
Oh
I'm not calling you a ghost
Just don't
There's a ghost in my mouth
And it talks in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tongue
As it softly speaks
Then it walks then it walks
Then it walks with my legs
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall at your feet
Oh, but for the grace of God go on
And when you kiss me, I'm happy enough
Lyrics submitted by liliroze, edited by Mellow_Harsher
I'm Not Calling You A Liar Lyrics as written by Isabella Janet Florentina Summers Florence Leontine Mary Welch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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So, I was listening to this song right now and I think the "ghost" she's talking about is her heart.
"There's a ghost in my lungs And it sighs in my sleep, Wraps itself around my tongue, As it softly speaks Then it walks, then it walks with my legs"
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