"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.
One foot onto the ice
I hold my breath
And try to believe
Can I look at you with different eyes?
Like the girl that I was, when I was 17
The fallen empires,
The shattered glass
The wicked echos of my past.
I've seen it all before, that's why I'm asking.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Teach me how to be loved
I got caught up in a daze
Of the wine and roses
Such a sweet escape
But I watched it all slip away
Like running water from my hands
Raining on this picture land
The fallen empires,
The shattered glass
The wicked echos of my past.
I've seen it all before, that's why I'm asking.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Can I give myself just one more second chance?
And put my trust in love,
Please don't hurt me.
If I make myself like a feather in you hand
And put my trust in love,
Please don't hurt me.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Teach me how to be loved
I hold my breath
And try to believe
Can I look at you with different eyes?
Like the girl that I was, when I was 17
The fallen empires,
The shattered glass
The wicked echos of my past.
I've seen it all before, that's why I'm asking.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Teach me how to be loved
I got caught up in a daze
Of the wine and roses
Such a sweet escape
But I watched it all slip away
Like running water from my hands
Raining on this picture land
The fallen empires,
The shattered glass
The wicked echos of my past.
I've seen it all before, that's why I'm asking.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Can I give myself just one more second chance?
And put my trust in love,
Please don't hurt me.
If I make myself like a feather in you hand
And put my trust in love,
Please don't hurt me.
Will you still be here tomorrow
Or will you leave in the dead of the night?
So your waves don't crash around me,
I'm staying one step ahead of the tide.
Will you leave me lost in my shadows
Or will you pull me into your light?
Teach me how to be loved
Teach me how to be loved
Lyrics submitted by BringOntheMusic2012
Teach Me How to Be Loved Lyrics as written by Jonny Latimer Rebecca Ferguson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this song is about someone who has found a new relationship. she want to be able to look at it with open eyes like she did when she was young "can i look at you with different eyes? like the girl that i was when i was 17" she is scared to get back into a realtionship because of her past "the fallen empires the shattered glass the wicked echoes of my past" she is questioning weather or not he will be there tomorrow when things get tough and he won't just leave her to deal with all the problems "so your waves don't crash around me" she wants to look at everything and be smart about this so she can see whats coming "I'm staying one steep ahead of the tide" she wants him to be different than the past where she didn't know what was happening she was going to fast before she knew what was going on she didn't pay attention"i got caught up in a daze" she want him to teach her how to be loved because in the past it didn't work so she's taking a second chanse at love and going to trust him "can i give my self just one more second chance? and put my trust in love please don't hurt me" she what to give this relationship a try but she wants it to be different so she will trust hims and try it out