"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, tonight, I feel like being alone
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
Would you please be so kind
To close the door behind you
It's been a long, long time
Since I've had this line of doubt
Out loud
So I deny I feel like
I feel like, I feel, baby now
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them,
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
A young man is a pull pin
Looking for a grenade, yeah
A young woman will drive you places
You never meant to go
But epiphany is such a cliche
Well, there's plenty of fish in the wrong sea
Like there's a premium on mystery again
Hold me, distract me
Dress me up in bubbles, baby
Save me from the troubles
Of my own skin, yeah
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
So I, tonight, I feel like
I feel like, I feel
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
(Somebody, somebody)
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Everybody
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
Would you please be so kind
To close the door behind you
It's been a long, long time
Since I've had this line of doubt
Out loud
So I deny I feel like
I feel like, I feel, baby now
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them,
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
A young man is a pull pin
Looking for a grenade, yeah
A young woman will drive you places
You never meant to go
But epiphany is such a cliche
Well, there's plenty of fish in the wrong sea
Like there's a premium on mystery again
Hold me, distract me
Dress me up in bubbles, baby
Save me from the troubles
Of my own skin, yeah
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
So I, tonight, I feel like
I feel like, I feel
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
(Somebody, somebody)
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Everybody
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Lyrics submitted by Antichristvon
Everybody Wants Somebody Lyrics as written by Patrick Stump
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
The song is basically about how some people "like" or have feelings for other people, but the ones they like don't ever like them back, and maybe someone likes the singer, but he doesn't like them. It's just a way of saying we don't always get the people we "like" or have feelings for. "Don't you get hurt" simply means to be careful and not put yourself out there too much, and an even deeper interpretation is to maybe give a person that likes you, but you just think is "okay", a chance to be with you, but in the end, be sure to be careful and don't let your guard down easily.