"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.
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love (your love)
There's a limit to you care
So carelessly there
Is it truth or dare?
There's a limit to your care
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love
There's a limit to you care
So carelessly there
Is it truth or dare? (There's a limit to your care)
Is it truth or dare? (There's a limit to your care)
There's a limit to your care
So carelessly there
There's a limit to your care
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion (like a waterfall in slow motion)
Like a map with no ocean (like a map with no ocean)
There's a limit to your love
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love (your love)
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love (your love)
There's a limit to you care
So carelessly there
Is it truth or dare?
There's a limit to your care
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love
There's a limit to you care
So carelessly there
Is it truth or dare? (There's a limit to your care)
Is it truth or dare? (There's a limit to your care)
There's a limit to your care
So carelessly there
There's a limit to your care
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion (like a waterfall in slow motion)
Like a map with no ocean (like a map with no ocean)
There's a limit to your love
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love (your love)
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I feel like this song is about someone who is supposedly in love, but they aren't actually fully immersed in love; there's a limit to it. They would not do anything for the object of their affection like true love, rather, it's a fleeting thing that they claim is love when it's really just a slight emotional attachment that has no way of standing the test of time. He knows that it's not going to last and that it isn't genuine: "There's a limit to you care/ So carelessly there, is it truth or dare/ There's a limit to your care." A map without an ocean is incomplete, it isn't whole. I'm still trying to grasp what "a waterfall in slow motion" signifies... I feel like I'm so close to it but I can't quite sort out my thoughts. I get the feeling that James Blake is hurt that the person doesn't truly care. This song is just amazing. Perfect in every way. I definitely agree with tee2thawhyon on the use of negative space. In lots of ways it's more meaningful than songs with tons of layers.