"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 wanted to tell you, I wanted to share,
Some important details that you're unaware of.
I want you to listen, I want you to care,
I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air.
It's not a secret that I obsess,
And then I get angry and then I get stressed.
And you can't imagine and you can't compare,
You've no frame of reference and then you get scared.
I'm doing my best to help make you see,
That it's not your fault when I beg and I plead.
It's much easier just to go back to sleep,
But we've got to find a place to start,
Because I'm falling apart.
I'll never feel happy, I never feel safe,
I can't let myself ever stay in one place.
I look in the mirror and I see the face,
Of a failure who will never be significant.
The face that you see from the morning to night,
Is the mask that I put on to hide what's inside.
I don't take it off until you fall asleep,
I don't want you to see what lives inside of me.
I thought I'd get older and it'd go away,
But it only gets worse and causes more pain,
And being alone is getting so hard,
I just got to tell you..
Goddammit, I'm falling apart!
I'm down on my knees in the dark,
Feeling for whatever is left,
But the pieces are falling too far.
Don't leave yet, I haven't got to the part that explains it all.
Don't leave yet, I need somebody there to catch me before I fall.
To catch me before I fall.
Goddammit, I'm falling apart!
I wanted to tell you, I wanted to share,
Some important details that you're not aware of.
I want you to listen, I want you to care,
I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air right now.
Some important details that you're unaware of.
I want you to listen, I want you to care,
I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air.
It's not a secret that I obsess,
And then I get angry and then I get stressed.
And you can't imagine and you can't compare,
You've no frame of reference and then you get scared.
I'm doing my best to help make you see,
That it's not your fault when I beg and I plead.
It's much easier just to go back to sleep,
But we've got to find a place to start,
Because I'm falling apart.
I'll never feel happy, I never feel safe,
I can't let myself ever stay in one place.
I look in the mirror and I see the face,
Of a failure who will never be significant.
The face that you see from the morning to night,
Is the mask that I put on to hide what's inside.
I don't take it off until you fall asleep,
I don't want you to see what lives inside of me.
I thought I'd get older and it'd go away,
But it only gets worse and causes more pain,
And being alone is getting so hard,
I just got to tell you..
Goddammit, I'm falling apart!
I'm down on my knees in the dark,
Feeling for whatever is left,
But the pieces are falling too far.
Don't leave yet, I haven't got to the part that explains it all.
Don't leave yet, I need somebody there to catch me before I fall.
To catch me before I fall.
Goddammit, I'm falling apart!
I wanted to tell you, I wanted to share,
Some important details that you're not aware of.
I want you to listen, I want you to care,
I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air right now.
Lyrics submitted by wrigley
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you can really hear the pain, frustration, and hopelessness in his voice when he yells "God dammit, I'm falling apart!"
very beautiful and deep poetry. althought full of pain but still, very very liberating and clar!
"Don't leave yet, I haven't got to the part that explains it all."
Gets me every time.
@BrokenRepublic That’s why you Begin with That.
I'll never feel happy, I never feel safe, I can't let myself ever stay in one place. I look in the mirror and I see the face, Of a failure who will never be significant.
Very profound words! great lyrics and lovely music too..