"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.
Hope climbs atop of the piano
Reaching out towards the warmth of the sun
Some man tries to ask her down
Well now maybe that's where she belongs
"My god," she said
"I'm a sunflower that wants"
"My god," he said
"This woman is gone"
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
He climbed up top to find that she was slipping
Let her go, let her go, let her go, let me go
How long must they leave before they're winning?
They don't know, they don't know, they just don't know
"My god," she said
Will the sunflowers wants
"My god," he said
"The woman is gone"
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
You can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
You can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes
Sides
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
Into the light
Is there anybody there?
Into the dark
Is there anybody there? (No)
Into the light, to the light, to the light
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god
My god
My god
My god
If she can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
Can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes sides
Can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
Can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes side
Can't be there I know it's best that
Reaching out towards the warmth of the sun
Some man tries to ask her down
Well now maybe that's where she belongs
"My god," she said
"I'm a sunflower that wants"
"My god," he said
"This woman is gone"
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
He climbed up top to find that she was slipping
Let her go, let her go, let her go, let me go
How long must they leave before they're winning?
They don't know, they don't know, they just don't know
"My god," she said
Will the sunflowers wants
"My god," he said
"The woman is gone"
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
You can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
You can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes
Sides
Into the dark
Is there anybody there?
Into the light
Is there anybody there?
Into the dark
Is there anybody there? (No)
Into the light, to the light, to the light
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god she said
My god
My god
My god
My god
If she can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
Can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes sides
Can't be there I know it's best that
Nothing is denied
Can't be there I know it's best that
Everyone changes side
Can't be there I know it's best that
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Its a wierd song for me. This is my second favourite song right now, behind Not Enough. The thing with this is I know a girl with the name Hope, and the personification of it I can relate to. It has a sort of double-meaning for me. I could just imagine her climbling atop of a piano, and I know I'd be one to try to help her when she's slipping.
However, this is about losing hope, personified or not. The man says hope is crazy, but he obviously doesn't understand her. Its interesting to listen to, at least for me.
It was kind of ironic, when my old favourite song, Hopeless by Train, was replaced by this one. Although it was also quickly shifted out by Not Enough.
I agree with Silvas, and here's my expasion on taking Hope literally.
If you take Hope as a person, literally, I see her initially as a young girl. She's filled with hope and innocence, not knowing climbing on top of the piano could hurt her. A man (her father, brother?) tries to ask her down. But in the second verse, he climbs up top with her, and sees thw world from her point of view. However, Hope is gorwing up, and she's slipping- she's not as hopeful and optimistic as before. The man mourns the loss of her innocence, but has to let her fall. Then, the last two lines: if even Hope cannot have hope anymore, everyone should simply accept thier darkened fates.
Crazy... no one else commented? I guess their new stuff is all the rage now...hmm...lame. Anyways, this song is amazing. They sang this at the concert last night that I was at. Incredible! I don't know what it is about, especially the chorus. But, good analysis, people!
aww,don't use the word lame. Their stuff after Naveed were nice too.
But frankly,Healthy in Paranoid Times was something new to me,after all of OLPs stuff.... well,I couldn't get used to it so easily.
I know the lyrics are "My God she said" but it sounds like "My God she's sad" to me tonight. Which also kinda works. Good song about a woman going crazy ^_^
I really agree with the second person's analysis. Very well done. Haha.
This song is so... heavy, but if you look up at the lyrics, it doesn't seem like much. Once again, I'm entirely hypnotized by the way Raine can weave simple words into something so beautiful.