"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.
Don't go on
Looking for the love
In the illusion of it all
The answers in the dream
'Cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free
As far as I can see is Nashville skyline
Underneath it all, you yourself are free
14 hours ago
I was living in a dream
I was living for the scene
I was floating high above
'Cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free
As far as I can see is Nashville skyline
Underneath it all, you yourself are free
Floating high above the Nashville skyline
And underneath it all, yourself are free
You yourself are
Forevermore is the love that you need to believe
And you yourself are there
Floating high above the Nashville skyline
Looking for the love
In the illusion of it all
The answers in the dream
'Cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free
As far as I can see is Nashville skyline
Underneath it all, you yourself are free
14 hours ago
I was living in a dream
I was living for the scene
I was floating high above
'Cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free
As far as I can see is Nashville skyline
Underneath it all, you yourself are free
Floating high above the Nashville skyline
And underneath it all, yourself are free
You yourself are
Forevermore is the love that you need to believe
And you yourself are there
Floating high above the Nashville skyline
Lyrics submitted by angel 08
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what the?? no comment? this is the best song of dishwalla!.. for me, its about love. love. pure love. ideal life.
This song was written during a time when JR was filming a movie in LA and flying back and forth from Nashville. During his many flights he fell in love with the Nashville Skyline. If you have ever seen a sunset in Nashville in summer you would get it for sure.
I like all of their song...even though i couldn't tell what some of them means..the music speaks for each of them...not to mention how powerful his voice is.
I like this one too but a few others on Opaline too, as far as I'm concerned maybe 4-5 of them are classics.
I like that here there is an option for comment type and that they give you the option of interpretation or meaning, since that really is a good distinction.
In a way interpretation and meaning is about the same thing, but I guess I like meaning because it's more of what it means to you since meaning aside from that is an interpretation, but what something means to us is just how it is naturally for us and not an X=y kind of dry interpretation. I think often something can be meaningful to us without us really being able to interpret why it is, which is more.. meaningful! I mean, you can interpret anything right, but the interpretation may not be meaningful to you if you don't think it's a good song, but you CAN say something is meaningful to you without being able to put your finger on it like an interpretation.
Anyway back about the song, I think it's one of those you'll actually LOSE meaning if you try to interpret it in a literal way. Like you can ask what does he mean by being free? What scene, what is the dream and so on - but the basic idea is pretty clear. I think it can apply to lots of situations in life, or life in general even. But the main point I think is what Tom said, and where the lyrics said "You yourself are - Forevermore is the love that you need to believe" which is pretty clear.
Sorry to write so much, but if I was to try and put it in a nutshell I guess it's just like it says ".. don't go on, looking for the love in the illusion of it all .. underneath it all, you yourself are free.. you yourself are forevermore the love that you need to believe." If you want something more concrete, then it's like don't be caught up in appearances, the love is underneath it all - and you yourself are the love that you need to believe. And if you do, you are free from all the confusion.