"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.
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly, I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
And again-gain-gain and again and again
And again and again-gain-gain and again
And again and again and again and again
And again
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly, I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
And again-gain-gain and again and again
And again and again-gain-gain and again
And again and again and again and again
And again
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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.
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The best band in history!
Definitely - if you like pasty faced whiny English boys sighing and peevishly moaning about superficial existential scenarios and celebrating their own weakness to the repetitive monotony of 3 chord-change songs and monotone droning blather.
Again with your choice of vocabulary..."blather" "droning" 3 chord-change" "repetitive monotony" "peevishly moaning" "superficial existential scenarious"....you are just too dang cute and MUCH too bright for many of us (me included).
Thanks!! Actually I'm not bright at all. If I was I wouldn't spend time ranting on this wonderful website about bands that I love and those (like the Cure) that I ...um...don't like so much. <br /> <br /> Cute ain't got much to do with it. Are you bothered by the vocabulary?<br />
NomadMonad we don't need your opinion! The cure's my favorite and if you don't like it, get out of here.
I find that the people who deem existential art as "peevish moaning" about "their own weakness" are the ones who miss the deeper meaning. Some people find it easier to be normal than others, and it is also easy for them to lack the empathy to realize that for a lot of people, the postmodern human condition involves a great deal of loneliness, I'm the same way. When I hear pop songs, I can't help assuming that they must be sarcastic - nobody can really believe that partying and shit is all that important. It's just coz I don't know that lifestyle, that need.