"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.
Show me the meaning of being lonely
So many words for the broken heart
It's hard to see in a crimson love
So hard to breathe
Walk with me, and maybe
Nights of light so soon become
Wild and free I could feel the sun
Your every wish will be done
They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart
Life goes on as it never ends
Eyes of stone observe the trends
They never say forever gaze, if only
Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)
There's no control
Are you with me now?
Your every wish will be done
They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart
There's nowhere to run
I have no place to go
Surrender my heart, body, and soul
How can it be
You're asking me
To feel the things you never show
You are missing in my heart
Tell me why can't I be there where you are?
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
There's something missing in my heart
Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
There's something missing in my heart
So many words for the broken heart
It's hard to see in a crimson love
So hard to breathe
Walk with me, and maybe
Nights of light so soon become
Wild and free I could feel the sun
Your every wish will be done
They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart
Life goes on as it never ends
Eyes of stone observe the trends
They never say forever gaze, if only
Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)
There's no control
Are you with me now?
Your every wish will be done
They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart
There's nowhere to run
I have no place to go
Surrender my heart, body, and soul
How can it be
You're asking me
To feel the things you never show
You are missing in my heart
Tell me why can't I be there where you are?
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
There's something missing in my heart
Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
There's something missing in my heart
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely Lyrics as written by Martin Max Herbert St Clair Crichlow
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Actual Music, S.L.
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"Tell me why I can't be there where you are, there's something missing in my heart" shows he cannot seem to love her back because he doesn't have feelings for her.
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It's a sad and beautiful song.
I love this song ❤️
I loved the music video. It was cry-worthy. This song is definitely one of the best songs BSB has offered during their career.
yeah i agree, this song is really good and the video makes it better!
im a heavy rocker, but this song is true to me......im always lonley......sad huh:(
not meaning to dog you thehardyz2001uk.. but if you are a "heavy rocker", wouldnt you of found a heavy song that is true to you about the same thing? also, you are never alone, music is always with you. \m/
lol well sed
Look, my finger is inside my bum!
@MardyAss can i stick my finger in your bum
@MardyAss can i stick my finger in your bum
Okay...Anyway, I really like this song..a lot. lol I think it's really pretty. It's supposed to be about BSB when they were in a lonely place in their lives. Like when Brian had to have heart surgery and stuff.
...I don't like people like you.
But what can I do about it?
If you don't like the song, don't waste your time and our space by just complaining about it, and at least praise a song you do like. Who has the time to go around complaining about songs they hate?
Oh, and BTW, the song's a little overly emotional, but good nevertheless.