"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.
Tomorrow I'll be quicker
I'll stare into the strobe light flicker
And afloat I'll stay
But I'm quite alright hiding today
Tomorrow I'll be faster
I'll catch what I've been chasing after
And have time to play
But I'm quite alright hiding today
And I will play the coconut shy
And win a prize even if it's rigged
I won't know when to stop
And you can leave off my lid, and I won't even lose my fizz
I'll be the polka dots type
I'll know the way back, if you know the way
But if you are, I am quite alright, hiding today
Tomorrow I'll be stronger, running colorful
No longer just in black and white
And I'm quite alright hiding tonight
And I will have a game on the coconut shy
And win a prize even if it's rigged
I won't know when to stop
And you can leave off my lid, and I won't even lose my fizz
I'll be the polka dots type
I'll probably swim through a few lagoons
I'll have a spring in my step
And I'll get there soon
To sing you a happy tune, tomorrow
And you better bring a change of clothes
So we can sail our laughing pianos along a beam of light
But I'm quite alright
Hiding tonight
I'll stare into the strobe light flicker
And afloat I'll stay
But I'm quite alright hiding today
Tomorrow I'll be faster
I'll catch what I've been chasing after
And have time to play
But I'm quite alright hiding today
And I will play the coconut shy
And win a prize even if it's rigged
I won't know when to stop
And you can leave off my lid, and I won't even lose my fizz
I'll be the polka dots type
I'll know the way back, if you know the way
But if you are, I am quite alright, hiding today
Tomorrow I'll be stronger, running colorful
No longer just in black and white
And I'm quite alright hiding tonight
And I will have a game on the coconut shy
And win a prize even if it's rigged
I won't know when to stop
And you can leave off my lid, and I won't even lose my fizz
I'll be the polka dots type
I'll probably swim through a few lagoons
I'll have a spring in my step
And I'll get there soon
To sing you a happy tune, tomorrow
And you better bring a change of clothes
So we can sail our laughing pianos along a beam of light
But I'm quite alright
Hiding tonight
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Hiding Tonight Lyrics as written by Alex Turner
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Arcticsquirrel11 - from the point of view of someone whose done exactly what this song seems to be talking about, yeah, it's bittersweet. They show it over the montage of his time with Jordana, but why is he really with her? I mean yeah, so he could score and get that sex he wanted to so badly, but also because he's running away from his problems. You can hang out with someone and drown your problems in sex and trivial relationship stuff just like you could drown them in alcohol or drugs. It's the same thing really. Maybe he's hiding from real life, like, "I don't want to the think about mum and dad splitting up, or the asshole I've become, or any of that- I just want to think about this time we have together" I've been checking in on the replies to these songs. Without a doubt, Alex Turner and 'The Arctic Monkeys' went from being a band that I liked, to one of my favorite bands ever. I wish I could just strike the 90% of the 'Everything You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' album from the record, because they're so much better than the punk-pop shit that made them famous.
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