"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.
Our Love
Richard Wagner's letters to his lover Mathilde were a mess
He should have quit before he had written the address
They made love on the mezzanine her husband was his friend
Vienna in a fugue-state working on a thing
That when he finished it took almost seven hours to sing
He still found time to write to her his heart-exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love
Kafka in his letters to his lover Milena was alive
But he was waiting for a love that never would arrive
Their rendezvous was singular her husband was his friend
She is a living fire she is a reason to live
She is killing me burning only for him
I'll spend my whole life loving her my heart exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love our love our love
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on our love our love
Our love our love our love our love our love
Richard Wagner's letters to his lover Mathilde were a mess
He should have quit before he had written the address
They made love on the mezzanine her husband was his friend
Vienna in a fugue-state working on a thing
That when he finished it took almost seven hours to sing
He still found time to write to her his heart-exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love
Kafka in his letters to his lover Milena was alive
But he was waiting for a love that never would arrive
Their rendezvous was singular her husband was his friend
She is a living fire she is a reason to live
She is killing me burning only for him
I'll spend my whole life loving her my heart exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love our love our love
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on our love our love
Our love our love our love our love our love
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Our Love Lyrics as written by Stewart Ransom Miller
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think this part is quite clever:
She is a living fire she is a reason to live She is killing me burning only for him
the song is about loving someone who's already in a relationship, the thrill of an affair..
can no one see that? seriously?
Wow! Just an amazing song. The reason I discovered this fantastic artist was 'Scrubs'. Simply a song about love and what it means to love someone unconditionally without them loving you back, I think - almost stalker like.lol Although I think it should be called My Love.
haha yes! Scrubs is the best show ever and its back January 3...this song should have been on the scrubs episode instead of 'Come Around' much more catchy
This song is incredible, seriously, I hope to hear it at least once more in Scrubs. At least that way more people will do what I did and look into the song some more.
This song is so catchy! I also heard it in Scrubs, thought it suited the scene well. =]
i heard this song in scrubs too. i thought it was perfect for jd and elliot. especially with the line "our love's all wrong". that one line, in my opinion, defines their roller coaster relationship.
and talking about scrubs, that show has THE BEST soundtrack EVER. the music is so much a part of scrubs that i wouldn't like it as much as i do if not for the songs. and i can't wait for season 8 to continue.
season 7, i mean
i love this song again heard it on scrubs i think its about a relationship that is too hard to stay in and just as hard to leave. he loves her but he knows its never gonna work he dosent want anyone else 'our loves a mess' says it all similar to come around in meaning i think.