"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.
And the world is made of energy
and the world is electricity
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
And the world is made of energy
and the world is synchronicity
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
Chorus:
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right uh huh yeah.
We're gonna see the sunlight
We're gonna see the sunlight uh huh yeah.
And the world is made of energy
and the world is possibility
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
Chorus
and the world is electricity
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
And the world is made of energy
and the world is synchronicity
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
Chorus:
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right uh huh yeah.
We're gonna see the sunlight
We're gonna see the sunlight uh huh yeah.
And the world is made of energy
and the world is possibility
and the world is made of energy
and there's a light inside of you
and there's a light inside of me.
Chorus
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this is a pretty damn great song.
Hm, I think it's "lot," not "light." Maybe I'm just hearing things. But anyway, this song is just so happy. I love it!
It's just a simple, happy song with simple, happy lyrics. I love it.
everyone who's listened to this on my ipod thought they had heard it before. thats how good it is =]
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this song makes me incredibly happy and cheerful and ya.. so damn catchy :)
makes me smile everytime
It always sounds like "And there's a lot of sodo-you And there's a lot of sodomy"
...yeah.
Good song though.
It means that the energy of the world that surrounds us in general like chemical, kinetic, potential, heat, etc. is all connected to spirituality. Spirit is energy. It all has a meaning. I love this song cuz this how i see God, as energy. Our spirits are also energy. This is why God is all around us and part of us. Matter is morphed through energy. Energy is more alive than we think.
Lyrics are simple, yet not at the same time. Great sound to it:)