"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.
Yeah
From the club to the telly, on the floor, on the table
You better not wake the neighbors
You better not wake them neighbors, girl
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Fell in love, she done got attached
Love to tell it, we a perfect match
Go to Paris, do the dashboard
See the wheel on the right side
Got her driving on the wrong side
Thought we was driving on the wrong side
Out the country for a couple months
I gotta keep the goals online
Hotel lobby like a club, got me drinkin' on raw wine
Steaks and shrimps on your plate, baby
We can chop it up, but I ain't wine and dinin'
Rude girl, you the right sign
You the right kind, this the right time
We can kick it off and go to Iceland
You see they bitin' like Tyson
VVS' wasn't given to me
And them stresses, I'ma give 'em to you
No confessions, you can book the suite
I might even let you book the villa
Pour me up and let me get right
Chains swinging, this a pair of ice
Maintain, go to paradise
I'ma send for you, I booked the last flight
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
RAW, this swag is complementary
Audemars is confidential
Credit card, expensive dinners
Let you cruise the Double-M
Like you signed to Maybach them
If you run across my BM, better not throw no blush at them
Better not cut no fuss at them
Better look the other way, I know you fuckin' him
You gotta let me have my way, that's why I trust in you
Presidential suite, baby
You gon' be there for me, yeah-yeah
Your girlfriends always hatin'
You richer than them, that's real facts
I keep you fly, that's real facts
I get you high and a little upset
These niggas they small talkin'
I bet they never cut a real check
Stay in the mall, flossin'
You ain't never been late on a bill yet
My name come with all these benefits
If you fuck a nigga who famous, you better off
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
From the club to the telly, on the floor, on the table
You better not wake the neighbors
You better not wake them neighbors, girl
Keep quiet 'cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet 'cause you gon' start a riot
From the club to the telly, on the floor, on the table
You better not wake the neighbors
You better not wake them neighbors, girl
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Fell in love, she done got attached
Love to tell it, we a perfect match
Go to Paris, do the dashboard
See the wheel on the right side
Got her driving on the wrong side
Thought we was driving on the wrong side
Out the country for a couple months
I gotta keep the goals online
Hotel lobby like a club, got me drinkin' on raw wine
Steaks and shrimps on your plate, baby
We can chop it up, but I ain't wine and dinin'
Rude girl, you the right sign
You the right kind, this the right time
We can kick it off and go to Iceland
You see they bitin' like Tyson
VVS' wasn't given to me
And them stresses, I'ma give 'em to you
No confessions, you can book the suite
I might even let you book the villa
Pour me up and let me get right
Chains swinging, this a pair of ice
Maintain, go to paradise
I'ma send for you, I booked the last flight
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
RAW, this swag is complementary
Audemars is confidential
Credit card, expensive dinners
Let you cruise the Double-M
Like you signed to Maybach them
If you run across my BM, better not throw no blush at them
Better not cut no fuss at them
Better look the other way, I know you fuckin' him
You gotta let me have my way, that's why I trust in you
Presidential suite, baby
You gon' be there for me, yeah-yeah
Your girlfriends always hatin'
You richer than them, that's real facts
I keep you fly, that's real facts
I get you high and a little upset
These niggas they small talkin'
I bet they never cut a real check
Stay in the mall, flossin'
You ain't never been late on a bill yet
My name come with all these benefits
If you fuck a nigga who famous, you better off
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
Don't tell nobody
Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet
'Cause you gon' start a riot
From the club to the telly, on the floor, on the table
You better not wake the neighbors
You better not wake them neighbors, girl
Keep quiet 'cause you gon' start a riot
Keep quiet 'cause you gon' start a riot
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Keep Quiet Lyrics as written by Gary Hill Nayvadius Demun Wilburn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
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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.