"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.
Sometimes I walk around town lookin' at faces
Wonderin' why their bodies go to silly places
Walkin' past the carpet mills
Lookin' in and takin' stills
Your ass it draws me in
Like a Bermuda highway
Oh, don't carve me out!
Don't let your silly dreams
Fall in between
The crack of the bed and the wall
Two times I fell asleep in a dirty basement
Snoozing in cobwebs and the cement
Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy
Got all the fame
Maybe I'm to blame
For his short bitter fucked up life
Oh, don't carve me out!
Don't let your silly dreams
Fall in between
The crack of the bed and the wall
Wonderin' why their bodies go to silly places
Walkin' past the carpet mills
Lookin' in and takin' stills
Your ass it draws me in
Like a Bermuda highway
Oh, don't carve me out!
Don't let your silly dreams
Fall in between
The crack of the bed and the wall
Two times I fell asleep in a dirty basement
Snoozing in cobwebs and the cement
Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy
Got all the fame
Maybe I'm to blame
For his short bitter fucked up life
Oh, don't carve me out!
Don't let your silly dreams
Fall in between
The crack of the bed and the wall
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I think "Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy got all the fame Maybe I'm to blame for his short, bitter, fucked-up life"
is referring to one of his "dreams" that he didn't follow through with or pay attention to. He is responsible for the "short fucked up life" because he disregarded it instead of keeping track of his "silly dreams."
I have no idea why this songs hits me in the gut. But, it does.... The more I listen to it the more it makes me cry. I think it is soooooooo beautiful. I love his voice and the tune. I guess it makes me remember to never give up hope and always have faith in your dreams and keep your child-like sense of wonder..... Even when you feel like you've just lost your best friend.
That 'meek guy' he's referring to is Jesus, and the singer is wondering if all the listless wandering and general directionlessness described at the beginning of the song is in fact what Jesus died for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pushing this as a christian type song. I think the opposite actually, like, what are all these people doing, their actions seem so silly, and yet here I am, waking up in a basement.
I don't know, I haven't fully flushed out this one and there're a lot of mysterious lines. It's a beautiful song regardless. Christopher Denny does a wonderful cover.
Sounds like an ass not eyes, and good for Jim. I’m an ass man myself, fuck the poetry and beautifully somber mood this song resonates, it’s an ass song hahaha
@TomThumb681 ????????????????
I am extremely surprised this song has no comments. It's really great. One of the most calming pieces of music I know of.
Hey Mr. Theo Reo I 'm really surprised too. This song's great...reminds me of good feelings. But what is it about ? In my opinion, that verse "Don't let your silly..." is an invite not to waste dreams , even if silly, could be?
i think, if anything, the chorus is just an invitation to not lose your childish sense of wonder.
to me this song is about the singer's yearning for something in his life.. and his disbelief that "that meek guy" achieved fame.
wow, i agree with all of you. i'm listening to this now and its so peaceful. one of the best things to hit my ears...
god it's beautiful