"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.
Push and pull me closer
Habit forming, you should stay far away
Colored caffeine, magic
Lights my night I'm aware of my face, it's too late
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Ooh)
Perfect measured pieces,
Fit together you and I,
Hey bright eyes.
Don't deny my weakness,
Your the jaded,
I'm the strength right behind you
Behind you
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
(Whoa, ooh ooh)
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Oh, ooh ooh)
(Oh, ooh ooh)
Ooh, ooh
Habit forming, you should stay far away
Colored caffeine, magic
Lights my night I'm aware of my face, it's too late
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Ooh)
Perfect measured pieces,
Fit together you and I,
Hey bright eyes.
Don't deny my weakness,
Your the jaded,
I'm the strength right behind you
Behind you
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Ooh, ooh ooh)
(Whoa, ooh ooh)
After all is said and done,
I am not the one,
I am not the one.
After all is said and done,
You are still the one,
You are still the one.
(Oh, ooh ooh)
(Oh, ooh ooh)
Ooh, ooh
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No opinions yet? Too bad. I really don't understand this one.
But I can assume. Here's my opinion:
The first few lines suggest that he is depressed and reduced to drugs and such("Habit forming". "colored caffeine, magic", "I'm aware of my fate"). I think it's another love story, how they are "perfectly measured pieces", in other words meant for eachother, but she is still better than him. Possibly she rejects him after all he's said and done, so he has given up and gotten depressed.
But I still don't understand why it's called Sucker Punch!
a sucker punch is something that comes unexpected. so he didn't see it coming that he wasn't the one for her. as you said, he thought they were perfect measured pieces that were meant for eachother but after all that was said and done, he isn't the one.
I think this song tells about a relationship in which one of them are really in love, and thinks "you're still the one" even after all is said and done, he/she thinks they are perfect measured pieces that fit together. But the other person don't think the same, they push and pull closer, and even though the one who's speak is the the strength behind, he/she still isn't the one, which is unexpected like a sucker punch.