"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.
So pretty, so smart
Such a waste of a young heart
Whatta pitty whatta sham
What's the matter with you man?
Don't you see what's wrong can't you get it right?
Outta mind, and outta sight
Call on all your girls, don't forget the boys, put a lid on all that noise.
I'm, a satellite heart
Lost in the dark.
I'm spun out so far, you stop I start, but I'll be true to you
I hear your living out of state runnin' in a whole new scene. you know I haven't slept in weeks, you're the only thing I see.
I'm, a satellite heart
Lost in the dark.
I'm spun out so far, you stop I start, but I'll be true to you (x2)
No matter what you do, yeah I'll be true to you.
Such a waste of a young heart
Whatta pitty whatta sham
What's the matter with you man?
Don't you see what's wrong can't you get it right?
Outta mind, and outta sight
Call on all your girls, don't forget the boys, put a lid on all that noise.
I'm, a satellite heart
Lost in the dark.
I'm spun out so far, you stop I start, but I'll be true to you
I hear your living out of state runnin' in a whole new scene. you know I haven't slept in weeks, you're the only thing I see.
I'm, a satellite heart
Lost in the dark.
I'm spun out so far, you stop I start, but I'll be true to you (x2)
No matter what you do, yeah I'll be true to you.
Lyrics submitted by sparklingdark
Satellite Heart [Tiny Star Remix] Lyrics as written by Anya Marina
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think I agree with the majority of interpretations on this thread. The whole "I'm a satellite heart...lost in the dark...I'm spun out so far...you stop, I start...But I'll be true to you" is so brilliant. It so captures that feeling when you somehow realize how you've made someone your whole world. When things are going well, you don't realize how dependent you've become on someone for your happiness....but when things don't go well, like the person leaving/breaking your heart...then even tho they are gone...your life still totally revolves around them. You still think about them constantly, wonder how to get them back, replay all the conversations over and over in your own head, can't love anyone else, etc. You spin out of control somewhat. It's such a lovely, floaty kind of song...and a bit sad but yet a hint of being stubborn...with the declaration of "I'll be true to you..no matter what you do....Yeah, I'll be true to you" just refusing to even try and move on and get over them even tho they hurt them deeply.