"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.
Every night I remember that evening
The way you looked when you said you were leaving
The way you cried as you turned to walk away
The cruel words and the false accusations
The mean looks and the same old frustrations
I never thought that we'd throw it all away
But we threw it all away
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
I've been lost, I've been out, I've been losing
I've been tired, I'm all hurt and confusion
I've been mad, I'm the kind of man that I'm not
I'm going down, I'll be coming back fighting
I may be scared and a little bit frightened
But I'll be back, I'll be coming back to life
I'll be coming back to life
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
Oh-oh-oh
And you can try (you can try)
And you can try but you'll never keep me down
And you can try (you can try)
And you can try but you'll never keep me down
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
(I won't be lost, I won't be down)
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye
It's alright (It's alright)
Cause you can try but you'll never keep me down
It's alright (It's alright)
I may be lost but you'll never keep me down
You can try (you can try)
You can try but you'll never keep me down
You can try (you can try)
I know I'm lost but I'm waiting to be found
You'll never keep me down
You'll never keep me down
Never keep me down
The way you looked when you said you were leaving
The way you cried as you turned to walk away
The cruel words and the false accusations
The mean looks and the same old frustrations
I never thought that we'd throw it all away
But we threw it all away
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
I've been lost, I've been out, I've been losing
I've been tired, I'm all hurt and confusion
I've been mad, I'm the kind of man that I'm not
I'm going down, I'll be coming back fighting
I may be scared and a little bit frightened
But I'll be back, I'll be coming back to life
I'll be coming back to life
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
This ain't a love song this is goodbye (ooh)
Oh-oh-oh
And you can try (you can try)
And you can try but you'll never keep me down
And you can try (you can try)
And you can try but you'll never keep me down
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
(I won't be lost, I won't be down)
And I'm a little bit lost without you
And I'm a bloody big mess inside
And I'm a little bit lost without you
This ain't a love song this is goodbye
It's alright (It's alright)
Cause you can try but you'll never keep me down
It's alright (It's alright)
I may be lost but you'll never keep me down
You can try (you can try)
You can try but you'll never keep me down
You can try (you can try)
I know I'm lost but I'm waiting to be found
You'll never keep me down
You'll never keep me down
Never keep me down
Lyrics submitted by Cerulean_Blu
This Ain't a Love Song Lyrics as written by Roy Neville Francis Stride
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think hes saying how the girl has left him and how he thinks about it constantly, even though they thought it'd never happened it has. The chorus is saying how even though he feels lost and "a bloody big mess inside" he can't go back to how it was; "this ain't a love song this is goodbye", because she made him feel angry and sad. In the second verse hes saying why he can't go back to how it was, and even though hes scared he wants to get over her.
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to me this song is about someone who liked someone but this other person sends different signals so this someone gives up on them but without this person at least their bestie causes them to be lost and a bloody big mess.
Bad breakup.
He's crushed.
He say's he'll get over it, eventually.
But right now, it sucks.
I just split with ma girl
Song is on the money bout what its like.
Gotta just chin up n get on with it. At the same time nothing wrong with letting it get to you, its the fact it gets to you that makes you want to get over it and thats what spurrs you on to move one.
..again just what i took from it. :D
I lost someone dear to me when this song had just come out and I realise it is about a relationship that has broken down but the chorus especially really felt to me during that time