"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.
There's too much
That I keep to myself
And I turn my back on my faith
It's like glass
When we break
I wish no one in my place
And I've seen
You don't need their seeds
When their dirt goes in deep
And I'm lost in sleep
I can't stay
In this place
I can't stand
When the room turns round
On my fate
You give no guarantees
There's no promise
I can keep
I can't stand
I can't see my way
I feel blind
On my feet
I can't stay too long
Am I wrong?
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
I'm so tired
Of my mood
And sleep comes
With a knife, fork and a spoon
You're so pale
In your face
You let life
Get in your way
And I've seen
You don't need their seeds
When their dirt goes in deep
And I'm lost in sleep
Am I wrong?
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
That I keep to myself
And I turn my back on my faith
It's like glass
When we break
I wish no one in my place
And I've seen
You don't need their seeds
When their dirt goes in deep
And I'm lost in sleep
I can't stay
In this place
I can't stand
When the room turns round
On my fate
You give no guarantees
There's no promise
I can keep
I can't stand
I can't see my way
I feel blind
On my feet
I can't stay too long
Am I wrong?
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
I'm so tired
Of my mood
And sleep comes
With a knife, fork and a spoon
You're so pale
In your face
You let life
Get in your way
And I've seen
You don't need their seeds
When their dirt goes in deep
And I'm lost in sleep
Am I wrong?
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Goodbye, lay the blame on luck
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Am I Wrong Lyrics as written by Timothy Butler Richard Lofthouse Butler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
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I always felt it was a cry for help before suicide because of the following lyrics, and there are many:
-"theres too much that I keep to myself and I turn my back on my faith" depressed people usually keep their problems to themselves and lose faith in everything
-"..when we break, I wish no one in my place" an obvious relationship break up
-"when the dirt goes in deep" also the alternative lyrics of "when the cut goes in deep and I'm lost in sleep" pretty straight forward reference to wrist cutting
-"I can't stay in this place, I can't stand when the room turns round on my fate" a depressed person doesn't want to stay in their life, they feel their world spinning or closing in on them
-"I can't see my way, I feel blind" as anyone who is unhappy with life would feel
-"I can't stay too long, am I wrong" wants understanding for wanting to leave this life
-"goodbye, lay the blame on luck" simple goodbye, not wanting to lay blame on anyone in particular
there is more but the only person that can truly understand any song is the song writer.
bld2, your interpretation is near enough spot on to what happened to a close friend of mine a couple months ago. Self harming, nasty break-up, depression and finally death. Since reading your interpretation, listening to this song helps me come to terms with his death. Thank you.
i'm happy to see these lyrics. they're lovely..
isnt this song the opening song in the movie "angus"?
i like this song but brand new has an awesome cover to it
This is an awesome song. "You let life get in your way." Very powerful lyrics. Don't ya'll agree. ;)
"lay the blame on luck" don't we all do that
very cool song i heard it on angus a while ago, forgot about it that a few nights ago at like 4 am angus came on and i downloaded it. theres something about this song that is awesome.
the fact that its amazing maybe?
how about someone actually talks about what the song means..idiots this whole site is ruined with your needless comments. "i love this song because it reminds me of when my boyfriend's mother's grandma's auntie's niece sucked off ana lligator at fischel pond...etc;" SAVE IT!!!!