"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 smell heartbreak on my hands
I feel sick to my stomach as I begin to stand
I see your outline in my bed
In the same spot I watched him rest his head
I've done you wrong, I regret it
I write this song, tryin' to forget it
I feel this emptiness in my chest
It feels surreal, but I'm feeling stressed
I need to do something
I fucked up, for nothing
Now I gotta just tell someone
Tell someone what I've done
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Oh no, like gasoline
I wake up, the morning after
You call but I don't answer
And I can't look you in the eye
No matter how hard I try
You deserve a forever
Not a boy looking for better
But as long as you're still here
I'll try to keep you near
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now yeah, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
(Like gasoline)
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now yeah, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Just like gasoline
I feel sick to my stomach as I begin to stand
I see your outline in my bed
In the same spot I watched him rest his head
I've done you wrong, I regret it
I write this song, tryin' to forget it
I feel this emptiness in my chest
It feels surreal, but I'm feeling stressed
I need to do something
I fucked up, for nothing
Now I gotta just tell someone
Tell someone what I've done
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Oh no, like gasoline
I wake up, the morning after
You call but I don't answer
And I can't look you in the eye
No matter how hard I try
You deserve a forever
Not a boy looking for better
But as long as you're still here
I'll try to keep you near
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now yeah, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
(Like gasoline)
Please bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now yeah, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Like gasoline
Bathe me now, wash me clean
Just set my heart on fire
Just like gasoline
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96, edited by nataliepingy
Gasoline Lyrics as written by Troye Sivan Mellet Paul James Carter
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
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This may be way off, but I think this song is about troye cheating on his boyfriend with someone else "I see your outline in my bed In the same spot I watched him rest his head" "Him" being another guy and "your" being his boyfriend "I've done you wrong, I regret it...I fucked up, for nothing" Troye regrets it
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Troye is saying his boyfriend deserves someone who wants him but troye was just looking for someone better so that's why he cheated