"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.
suggest you only ever tell lies. because once you tell the truth they'll break your heart. Don't ever look them in the eyes. because those eyes are gonna rip your heart apart. I recommend you keep your distance, because once you get too close you'll lose control. Don't ever fall in love; just stay buried in your lonely hole. Take it from experience: desperate acts are ridiculous. Don't ever tell the truth, because the ones you love will do the same to you. If they lose your hand and drop you and you fall, you'll have to pretend it meant nothing at all. You know sometimes the saddest laugh the loudest.
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Page
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nothing could be more correct, stay away from women.
i had to hear this song at one of those times. was it really such a mutual split? i really believe it is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all but i try telling someone that at the end.
bret
i cant believe this song didnt get more comments. its more awesome than anything.
Best I Hate Myself song, fucking amazing.
these lyrics own my life
You know sometimes the saddest laugh the loudest.
best fucking song ever. everyone should take this advice.
Nothing could be more correct. Stay away from men. [[Some days I lose my faith in people and go asexual.]]
Desperate acts are ridiculous.
If anyone has this song please send it to me.
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It's so bloody irritating when people speak so lowly of hope and being open. I can't stand those weak-hearted emotional cowards. I mean, what is life without pain? If every aspect of our lives (Be it relationships or anything else, for that matter) worked out the way we wanted it to, it would be rather boring. At the end of almost any sad story lies a moral… In every scar, a lesson… So take your heartache in stride and allow yourself to move on a stronger person. Don't just shut off and dash any chances of meeting someone else; that's just foolish and weak… Bunch of wankers, if you ask me ^^"
But, hey, I'm just an opinionated brat so what would I know? =P