LyricsFrom the album No Sorrow

I Wish I Could Go Faster Lyrics

Released November 9, 2023
Length 2:48

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Yeah, sometimes, wish I could go faster, and you wish I had more time But our destiny was written by the one Who's never here but still finds ways to shine

Open the river Before we get older It's time

I wrote many letters Just reach in the center One time

Yeah, sometimes, wish I could go faster, and you wish I had more time Our destiny was written by the one Who's never here but still finds ways to shine Yeah, I'm with the soldiers It's like cold war winter With life

I hope it gets better And my words get stronger I'll try

On my last dollar bill I want to hold it still Oh no, please don't spend it You know I had to kill for it

Put it on the side If it's so sentimental I'm just vibin' mental Until I'm ready

Yeah, sometimes, wish I could go faster, and you wish I had more time But our destiny was written by the one Who's never here but still finds ways to shine

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Behind the song

A last dollar bill needs to stay unspent, not just because it is the last one, but because of what it cost. Nearby are letters waiting to be reached for, a river waiting to open, and the sense that time is slipping away. I Wish I Could Go Faster holds two wishes close together: the need to move ahead and the need for more time. Neither seems easy to grant. Even the future feels tied to someone who is never there, yet somehow still finds a way to shine.

The song moves between that strange absence and the harder things right in front of it. Soldiers and a cold winter sit beside the hope that life can get better and words can grow stronger. There is a wish to keep trying, but also a need to set things aside until the right moment comes. Nothing quite settles. The letters, the money, and the repeated wish all hold something unfinished, caught between being ready and wanting to go faster.