"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.
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Satellite headlines read
Someone's secrets you've seen
Eyes and ears have been
Satellite dish in my yard
Tell me more, tell me more
Who's the king of your satellite castle?
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds; no restriction
Television we bounce 'round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds, no restriction
Television, we bounce 'round this world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Satellite headlines read
Someone's secrets you've seen
Eyes and ears have been
Satellite dish in my yard
Tell me more, tell me more
Who's the king of your satellite castle?
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds; no restriction
Television we bounce 'round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds, no restriction
Television, we bounce 'round this world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Satellite Lyrics as written by David John Matthews
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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For me this song is about how people are often very involved in other peoples business. People are always so concerned with others instead of just minding their own business. He talks about peeping toms, he says "Headlines read Someone's secrets You've seen", and "eyes and ears have satelite dish in my yard" which all refer to people knowing other peoples lives. But at the end he says "i laugh about this weathermans satelite eyes" which is the the songs final meaning i think. Weathermen are often wrong about the weather for the week which we can all relate to. Just as the weathermen are wrong, peoples judgements of other can be wrong.
@tryinggg10 i love this