"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.
Give me somewhere to be
Take me to somewhere now
You might as well waste your time with me
If you're gonna be here
Get away from the ones that make you afraid
Down to the last few strands of thought
Making you a target for a fight
Give me somewhere to be
Take me to somewhere now
You might as well waste your time with me
If you're gonna be here
I don't think I'll work out
As a best friend
I don't want to hold you down
I know there's someone better for you
I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
Go away
Go away
Take me to somewhere now
You might as well waste your time with me
If you're gonna be here
Get away from the ones that make you afraid
Down to the last few strands of thought
Making you a target for a fight
Give me somewhere to be
Take me to somewhere now
You might as well waste your time with me
If you're gonna be here
I don't think I'll work out
As a best friend
I don't want to hold you down
I know there's someone better for you
I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
Go away
Go away
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This is definitely my favourite song by Toro. This song is the epitome of chillwave.
I'm thinkin its about a girl you dig and she's blowin you off and avoiding you, and feelings of insecurity. Kind of a sad song really. Haha.
corrected:
Give me somewhere to be Take me to somewhere now You might as well waste your time with me If you're gonna be here
Get away from the ones that make you afraid Down to the last few strands of thought Making you a target for a fight
Give me somewhere to be Take me to somewhere now You might as well waste your time with me If you're gonna be here
I don't think I'll work out As a best friend I don't want to hold you down I know there's someone better for you I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
Go away Go away
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Corrected:
"Give me somewhere to be Take me to somewhere now You might as well waste your time with me If you're gonna be here
Get away from the woods that make you afraid Down to the last new strands of thought Making you a target for a fight
Give me somewhere to be Take me to somewhere now You might as well waste your time with me If you're gonna be here
Wait
I don't think I'm worth it As a best friend I don't want to hold you down But if there's someone better for you I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
Go away Go away"
i think its about the possibility of a relationship ending and contemplating whether or not to continue as just friends afterwards
hella chill