"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.
Falling to the ground
I was anxious to be found
You can always go home
To the safety of your cloud
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I am so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around to love revealing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
Falling into sound
Is a less defeating path
One day we will go home
To the safety of our clouds
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
I was anxious to be found
You can always go home
To the safety of your cloud
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I am so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around to love revealing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
Falling into sound
Is a less defeating path
One day we will go home
To the safety of our clouds
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
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this song is so beautiful it makes me want to fall in love and be OK with it. The meaning seems fairly straightforward, Falling in love, or into light is a big risk with great reward, and one can get burned.
This song to me, is Damien at his most pop friendly, the song sounds so classic and hooky its great.
Aaahhh.
is that "lust" defeating path (maybe?)
It is not "go on burning light."
It is "When you get burned and no longer in love."
Also Amandolin has it correct with the lust. You can clearly hear the t.
Never mind. I'm pretty sure the last word is love. It could be no longer in love or go on burning love.
Falling to the ground I was anxious to be found You can always go home To the safety of your cloud
Don't let go I need you to hang around I'm so broke And foolishly in love
I turned around to love revealing What did I learn? It's not that easy When you get burned, then go on burning loud
Falling into sound Is that love still feeding back? One day we will go home To the safety of our cloud
Don't let go I need you to hang around I'm so broke And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing What did I learn? That it's not that easy When you get burned, then go on burning loud
Don't let go I need you to hang around I'm so broke And foolishly in love
I turned around, my life was changing What did I learn? It's not that easy When you get burned, then go on burning loud
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"It's not that easy / when you get burned / and go on burning light"
This is my favorite lyric in the song. It's a smart play on the word "burn" - burning light, as in a candle, means to remain light and positive. Beautiful way of phrasing how it's hard to "burn light" after you've suffered pain.