"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.
Crash and burn
All the stars explode tonight
How'd you get so desperate?
How'd you stay alive?
Help me, please
Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die!
Hey, hey
You know what to do
Oh, baby, drive away from Malibu
Get well soon
Please don't go any higher
How are you so burnt when
You're barely on fire?
Cry to the angels
I'm gonna rescue you
I'm gonna set you free tonight, baby
Pour over me
Hey, hey
We're all watching you
Oh, baby, fly away to Malibu
Cry to the angels
And let them swallow you
Go and part the sea, yeah, in Malibu
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And the sun goes down
I walk into the waves
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And I would
And I knew
Love would tear you apart
Oh, and I knew
The darkest secret of your heart
Hey, hey
I'm gonna follow you
Oh baby, fly away, yeah, to Malibu
Oceans of angels
Oceans of stars
Down by the sea is where you
Drown your scars
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
All the stars explode tonight
How'd you get so desperate?
How'd you stay alive?
Help me, please
Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die!
Hey, hey
You know what to do
Oh, baby, drive away from Malibu
Get well soon
Please don't go any higher
How are you so burnt when
You're barely on fire?
Cry to the angels
I'm gonna rescue you
I'm gonna set you free tonight, baby
Pour over me
Hey, hey
We're all watching you
Oh, baby, fly away to Malibu
Cry to the angels
And let them swallow you
Go and part the sea, yeah, in Malibu
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And the sun goes down
I walk into the waves
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And I would
And I knew
Love would tear you apart
Oh, and I knew
The darkest secret of your heart
Hey, hey
I'm gonna follow you
Oh baby, fly away, yeah, to Malibu
Oceans of angels
Oceans of stars
Down by the sea is where you
Drown your scars
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
Lyrics submitted by Nelly, edited by scottdoesntknow628
Malibu Lyrics as written by Courtney M Love William Patrick Corgan
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i love this woman. i hate that so many of you can't respect her for what she's done. kurt's dead. he shot himself. courtney did not kill him. it's amazing that so many people can fall for internet rumors like this! in her biography it says, "This wasn't Celebrity Skin, it wasn't really about Kurt (after the eerie prescience of the lyrics on Live Through This, that seemed pointless), and it was most definitely a post-movie-star record." so, this isn't just about him! yes, i think best sunday dress is about him, but no, she's had other relationships since kurt cobain, other things have happened in her life, and yes, kurt's death was a major factor in her life, but come on! how many years has it been? yes, i love nirvana, yes i love kurt cobain, but jesus christ, every song by every 90's band isn't about him!! and to the people who say, "kurt wrote everything she did," that's such fucking bullshit! THEY WERE TWO MUSICIANS LIVING IN THE SAME GOD DAMNED HOUSE! OF COURSE THEY WERE GOING TO SHARE IDEAS!!! jesus! do you think that when they'd get creative they'd lock themselves in sound-proof booths? i love this song so much, and i have no idea what it means, but i don't think i'll ever know, because it's rare on a site with anything hole-related on it, all people say is, "duhhh courtney killed kurt!" GET OVER HIM! he killed himself for christ's sake! can you just not accept that your idol killed himself, so you had to create a story for his death so you can still worship him and blame it on someone other than him? do you hate her for marrying him? that you didn't get to him first? fuck you all.