"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.
It's Sunday noon in my room
The wind is really ragin'
Inside I'll hide in my tune
And think of yesterday playing
'In my room'
'In my room'
I feel like a kite high in a tree
Is this where I'm suppose to be?
I wish I was a little boy
When love was taken care of
I know. I will say.
Maybe today.
It's Sunday noon, cocoon and heal
Oh no, please don't throw me in the briar.
Where mothers made all the meals
And fathers built the fire
When will this feeling go away?
When will this feeling ever stay?
Maybe today. Maybe today.
Maybe today. Maybe today.
And now I'm not so mournful
As I sit and watch the wind blow
This place is my cathedral
And the choir's swaying just outside the window
Everyone needs a day to dream, perchance
Today I have yesterday to tempt me
So c'mon put on your best dress and let's dance
For the chairs are all but empty
When will this feeling go away?
When will this feeling ever stay?
Maybe today. Maybe today.
Maybe today. Maybe today.
The wind is really ragin'
Inside I'll hide in my tune
And think of yesterday playing
'In my room'
'In my room'
I feel like a kite high in a tree
Is this where I'm suppose to be?
I wish I was a little boy
When love was taken care of
I know. I will say.
Maybe today.
It's Sunday noon, cocoon and heal
Oh no, please don't throw me in the briar.
Where mothers made all the meals
And fathers built the fire
When will this feeling go away?
When will this feeling ever stay?
Maybe today. Maybe today.
Maybe today. Maybe today.
And now I'm not so mournful
As I sit and watch the wind blow
This place is my cathedral
And the choir's swaying just outside the window
Everyone needs a day to dream, perchance
Today I have yesterday to tempt me
So c'mon put on your best dress and let's dance
For the chairs are all but empty
When will this feeling go away?
When will this feeling ever stay?
Maybe today. Maybe today.
Maybe today. Maybe today.
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I saw Carbon Leaf the night before last in concert... the most incredible concert I've ever been to! This song was fabulous.
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"Where mothers made all the meals, And fathers built the fire, When will this feeling go away?, When will this feeling ever stay?"