"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 found variety
On Nolan's Avenue
Down where the air is thick
As L.A. skies are blue
The water tried to break it down
But it held through
It gave a little for the sake of staying true
We cut ties
We tell lies
We hate change
And we wanna claim where we feel
We take toes
We rake yours
Yeah we dig holes
And we're diggin' right in your fears
We're waking up
We're waking up
And right on time
And right on time
We'll take these roads
We'll break them up
And right on time
And right on time!
We got cars
We write laws
We won't pause
Don't you know we're wizards working in Oz
We don't lose
We might bruise
Yeah but we'll rain fire on ya till you're playing
All of your cards
We're waking up
We're waking up
And right on time
And right on time
We'll take these roads
We'll break them up
And right on time
And right on time!
On time!
Right on time!
Waking up!
Waking up!
Yeah
Ooh!
Oh!
Ooh!
On Nolan's Avenue
Down where the air is thick
As L.A. skies are blue
The water tried to break it down
But it held through
It gave a little for the sake of staying true
We cut ties
We tell lies
We hate change
And we wanna claim where we feel
We take toes
We rake yours
Yeah we dig holes
And we're diggin' right in your fears
We're waking up
We're waking up
And right on time
And right on time
We'll take these roads
We'll break them up
And right on time
And right on time!
We got cars
We write laws
We won't pause
Don't you know we're wizards working in Oz
We don't lose
We might bruise
Yeah but we'll rain fire on ya till you're playing
All of your cards
We're waking up
We're waking up
And right on time
And right on time
We'll take these roads
We'll break them up
And right on time
And right on time!
On time!
Right on time!
Waking up!
Waking up!
Yeah
Ooh!
Oh!
Ooh!
Lyrics submitted by fabregas111, edited by Fogmoz, FruitCakes
Waking Up Lyrics as written by Drew Brown Ryan Tedder
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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A few corrections.... This is the way I hear it every time, but I could be wrong. It makes sense with how weird OneRepublic's lyrics can be sometimes, though.
We've got cause We're outlaws Don't you know **We're wizards working in oz
I could be crazy though, I've been known to hear strange lyrics... :P
"Got cause" makes a LOT more sense to me lol.<br /> But I'm not sure about "outlaws," in the song I think I hear the r, so it sounds like "write laws."