"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.
Underneath our feet
Crystals grow like plants (listen how they grow)
I'm blinded by the lights (listen how they glow)
In the core of the earth (listen how they grow)
Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow mo (crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights
We mimic the openness
Of the ones we love
Dove tail our generosity
Equalize the flow
With our hearts
We chisel quartz
To reach love
Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow mo (crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights
Octagon, polygon
Pipes up an organ
Sonic branches
Murmuring drone
Crystallizing galaxies
Spread out like my fingers
(Crystalline) internal nebula
(Crystalline) rocks growing slow mo
(Crystalline) I conquer claustrophobia
(Crystalline) and demand the lights
(Crystalline) internal nebula
(Crystalline) rocks growing slow mo
(Crystalline) I conquer claustrophobia
(Crystalline) and demand the lights
It's the sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
It's the sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
Crystals grow like plants (listen how they grow)
I'm blinded by the lights (listen how they glow)
In the core of the earth (listen how they grow)
Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow mo (crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights
We mimic the openness
Of the ones we love
Dove tail our generosity
Equalize the flow
With our hearts
We chisel quartz
To reach love
Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow mo (crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights
Octagon, polygon
Pipes up an organ
Sonic branches
Murmuring drone
Crystallizing galaxies
Spread out like my fingers
(Crystalline) internal nebula
(Crystalline) rocks growing slow mo
(Crystalline) I conquer claustrophobia
(Crystalline) and demand the lights
(Crystalline) internal nebula
(Crystalline) rocks growing slow mo
(Crystalline) I conquer claustrophobia
(Crystalline) and demand the lights
It's the sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
It's the sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
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Pretty sure it's "and demand the light" instead of "and the man that lights".... and "It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety" instead of "compel"....
Underneath our feet Crystals grow like plants Listen how they grow I'm blinded by the lights Listen how they grow In the core of the Earth Listen how they glow
Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights
We mimic the openness Of the ones we love Daft till our generosity Equalizes the flow With our hearts We kiss our quartz To reach love
Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights
Octagon, polygon Pipes up an organ Sonic branches Murmuring drone Crystalizing galaxies Spread out like my fingers
Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights
It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety Sparkle you become Conquer anxiety Sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety
real lyrics :)
Ok... I've fixed the mistakes, but there's 2 lines that are wrong in the "real lyrics":<br /> 1) Rocks growing slow-mo (Not "slow but").<br /> 2) We chisel quartz (Not "we kiss our quartz")
Verse 2: We mimic the openness / Of the ones we love / DOVETAIL our generosity
...not "Thought till our generosity"
Ok, really? The accurate lyrics are on the app. There shouldn't be this much dispute and inaccuracy.
imbipolar is right. But "dovetail our generosity?" What would that even mean? It's "daft till our generosity," as if to say "We clumsily mimic the openness of the ones we love until our own generosity equalizes the flow of love."
And it's "pipes of an organ," not "pipes up an organ."
Now that that's out of the way, I really love this song. I look forward to hear the remastered version that will come with the album's release this October. The song is just so high-energy, gets me all excited and jittery, and I found the meaning to be profoundly beautiful once it fully dawned on me and blossomed in my mind.
Ok... I've fixed the mistakes, but there's 2 lines that are wrong in the "real lyrics": 1) Rocks growing slow-mo (Not "slow but"). 2) We chisel quartz (Not "we kiss our quartz")
@imbipolar<br /> I've read like this somehere, and to me it's how it sounds more accurate (other parts, agree ith your corrections):<br /> "We mimic the openness<br /> Of the ones we love<br /> Doth till our generosity equalizes the flow<br /> With our hearts<br /> We kiss all quartz<br /> To reach love"
Bjork explained the song's meaning to NME: "It's about a connection between two people, that's stagnated, crystallized. You wanna bring out the pick-axe."