"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.
And I've waited for you
And I've waited for you
Just a picture and a feeling and your face
How could I forget your touch, your warm embrace?
And the shoes you wore were long black satin lace
As you walked into my mind
As you walked into this old forgotten hall
And just when looking I began to fall
I wish I could frame you and this feeling on the wall
To stare at till there is no time, oh
And I've waited for you
Just hopin' that you'll come back to me
And I've waited for you
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday
From a distance I watched the flowers brush your cheek
As you read the words I wrote, I couldn't speak
But now I lay here, broken heart and blistered feet
As you're spinning 'round my mind, oh
And I've waited for you
Just dreamin' that you're coming to me
And I've waited for you
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday, yeah, maybe someday
When you weep, you can know that it's all right
As I sleep, I can follow you; it's all right
We can talk just as long as you hold on tight
Just one breath is a million sights
I can tell every breath that you're breathing
I can feel it--the thoughts that you're thinking
We can talk till a thousand years go by
You and I, yeah
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find some way
Maybe someday, maybe someday
Out of the way, yeah
And I've waited for you
Just a picture and a feeling and your face
How could I forget your touch, your warm embrace?
And the shoes you wore were long black satin lace
As you walked into my mind
As you walked into this old forgotten hall
And just when looking I began to fall
I wish I could frame you and this feeling on the wall
To stare at till there is no time, oh
And I've waited for you
Just hopin' that you'll come back to me
And I've waited for you
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday
From a distance I watched the flowers brush your cheek
As you read the words I wrote, I couldn't speak
But now I lay here, broken heart and blistered feet
As you're spinning 'round my mind, oh
And I've waited for you
Just dreamin' that you're coming to me
And I've waited for you
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday, yeah, maybe someday
When you weep, you can know that it's all right
As I sleep, I can follow you; it's all right
We can talk just as long as you hold on tight
Just one breath is a million sights
I can tell every breath that you're breathing
I can feel it--the thoughts that you're thinking
We can talk till a thousand years go by
You and I, yeah
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find somewhere to (run)
Run, runaway
Maybe someday, maybe someday
Run, run, runaway, run
Maybe someday I will find some way
Maybe someday, maybe someday
Out of the way, yeah
Lyrics submitted by sunnybunnygirl
Runaway Run Lyrics as written by Taylor Hanson Isaac Hanson
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i love this song. it's definately in my top 10 hanson songs list :D
No comments?! This is Hanson's bESt song in my opinion. I love the lyrics, they realte to my life so incredibly much. They've helped me through so many tough times. This song is definitely rockin'. heh =P
if hanson sucks so much wesley, why did you way you're precious time search through hanson songs? =\
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the comment above me was in the navigation bar to the left as the latest comment and i was intrigued to know what song and which artist it was, thank you very much
Well Wesley.. if u were intrigued that means u were interested in it n u could've liked it but then u saw Hanson n was like EWW no cant like them.. do u know what people would say?? I think alotta people would like Hanson more if u didnt care what people thought of them. Give the song n give them a chance.
w/e, i really don't care
w/e, i really don't care
to quote tool: "Some say a comet will fall from the sky Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits Some say the end is near Some say we'll see armageddon soon I certainly hope we will cuz I sure could use a vacation from this Stupid shit, Silly shit, Stupid shit"
This is an OK song.
i love this song. i latched onto it immediatly when i got the CD... i was having a hard time then... i won't go there. it's an awesome song. oh, and wesley? if you don't have something meaningful to say, don't come here. you're obviously not welcome.
yeah go away. this is one of my favorite songs. i love the energy it brings at concerts.