"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.
Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now
Or darlin', have you started feelin' old yet?
Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breakin' hearts
With the efficiency that only youth can harness
And do you still think love is a laserquest
Or do you take it all more seriously?
I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had
But you're always busy bein' make-believe
And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there
Or have somebody's goodnight kisses got that covered?
When I'm not bein' honest, I'll pretend that you were just some lover
Now I can't think of there without thinkin' of you
I doubt that comes as a surprise
And I can't think of anything to dream about
I can't find anywhere to hide
And when I'm hangin' on by the rings around my eyes
And I convince myself I need another
And for a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover
When I'm pipe and slippers and rockin' chair
Singin' dreadful songs about summer
Will I have found a better method of pretendin' you were just some lover?
Will I have found a better method of pretendin' you were just some lover?
Or darlin', have you started feelin' old yet?
Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breakin' hearts
With the efficiency that only youth can harness
And do you still think love is a laserquest
Or do you take it all more seriously?
I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had
But you're always busy bein' make-believe
And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there
Or have somebody's goodnight kisses got that covered?
When I'm not bein' honest, I'll pretend that you were just some lover
Now I can't think of there without thinkin' of you
I doubt that comes as a surprise
And I can't think of anything to dream about
I can't find anywhere to hide
And when I'm hangin' on by the rings around my eyes
And I convince myself I need another
And for a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover
When I'm pipe and slippers and rockin' chair
Singin' dreadful songs about summer
Will I have found a better method of pretendin' you were just some lover?
Will I have found a better method of pretendin' you were just some lover?
Lyrics submitted by flashbackhumour, edited by Mellow_Harsher, maxmax18, Amanda87, EvilCat, gazoon007
Love Is a Laserquest Lyrics as written by Alex Turner
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