"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.
If every tree points to a star
If every tree points to a star
I bent the tips all over
I set a snare for clover
I bent the tips all over
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
It's frustrated love
It's frustrated love
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
So why, why
Probably forget to rememeber it
You'll probably forget to remember it
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(Remember it)
So ripe it's going to spoil
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(To remember it, probably forget)
Would start to let us finish it
(Remember it, probably forget)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Remember it)
Would start to let us finish it
My heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
So why don't we choose a different story
(Why - if - this - dream - is - to - die)
If i'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
(Why - if - this - dream)
Then why
I do not understand
If time is smooth
If time is rough
I do no understand
If love must go
Away with trust
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Points to a star, if every tree)
My heart wants just to know
(Points to a star)
If every tree points to a star
I bent the tips all over
I set a snare for clover
I bent the tips all over
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
It's frustrated love
It's frustrated love
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
So why, why
Probably forget to rememeber it
You'll probably forget to remember it
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(Remember it)
So ripe it's going to spoil
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(To remember it, probably forget)
Would start to let us finish it
(Remember it, probably forget)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Remember it)
Would start to let us finish it
My heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
So why don't we choose a different story
(Why - if - this - dream - is - to - die)
If i'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
(Why - if - this - dream)
Then why
I do not understand
If time is smooth
If time is rough
I do no understand
If love must go
Away with trust
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Points to a star, if every tree)
My heart wants just to know
(Points to a star)
Lyrics submitted by The Nerdy Bandit
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My first post on here! I thought this version of the lyrics had a few glaring errors, so I just decided to rewrite the whole thing. I left out nearly all punctuation for the sake of not misinterpreting the author's intent:
If every tree points to a star If every tree points to a star I bent the tips all over I set a snare for clover I bent the tips all over
Nothing is as special as this Nothing is as special as this Nothing is as special as this
It's frustrated love It's frustrated love
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me Then why don't we choose a different story If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me Then why don't we choose If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me Then why don't we choose a different story If I'm dreaming me and you're dreaming me So why, why
Probably forget to rememeber it You'll probably forget to remember it (Probably forget) This fun, it feels like toil (Remember it) So ripe it's going to spoil (Probably forget) This fun, it feels like toil (To remember it, probably forget) Would start to let us finish it (Remember it, probably forget) My heart wants just to know that it exists (Remember it) Would start to let us finish it
My heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me Then why don't we choose a different story If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me Then why don't we choose If I'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me So why don't we choose a different story (Why - if - this - dream - is - to - die) If i'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me (Why - if - this - dream) Then why
I do not understand If time is smooth If time is rough I do no understand If love must go Away with trust
I may want you, but you don't want me So why wouldn't it be better to leave I may want you, but you don't want me So why wouldn't it be better to leave (If every tree) I may want you, but you don't want me (Points to a star) So why wouldn't it be better to leave (If every tree) I may want you, but you don't want me (Points to a star) So why wouldn't it be better to leave (If every tree) My heart wants just to know that it exists (Points to a star, if every tree) My heart wants just to know (Points to a star)
Ooops; one error on my own part. That one line in the third set should say "If I'm dreaming you" like all the other ones, rather than "If I'm dreaming me."