"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.
I can be anything
That you want me to be
A punching bag
A piece of string, no
That reminds you not to think
They found the note down in your car
It's not your fault it gets this hard
Gets this hard
[Chorus]
Hold your head high
Don't look down
I'm by your side
I won't back down
You wanted a hero tonight
Well I'm not made of steel
I'm not made of steel
But your secret's safe with me
I can be anything
That you want me to be
A holy cross
Some sympathy, no
That reminds you how to bleed
They found the note down in your car
You climbed up here to fall apart
Fall apart
[Chorus]
No, your secret's safe with me
They knock you down
I'll pick you up
They laugh at you
I'll shut them up
But I'm not made of steel [Repeat x4]
But your secret's safe with me
Yeah, your secret's safe with me
Yeah
Hold your head high
Don't look down
I'm by your side
I won't back down
You wanted a hero tonight
That you want me to be
A punching bag
A piece of string, no
That reminds you not to think
They found the note down in your car
It's not your fault it gets this hard
Gets this hard
[Chorus]
Hold your head high
Don't look down
I'm by your side
I won't back down
You wanted a hero tonight
Well I'm not made of steel
I'm not made of steel
But your secret's safe with me
I can be anything
That you want me to be
A holy cross
Some sympathy, no
That reminds you how to bleed
They found the note down in your car
You climbed up here to fall apart
Fall apart
[Chorus]
No, your secret's safe with me
They knock you down
I'll pick you up
They laugh at you
I'll shut them up
But I'm not made of steel [Repeat x4]
But your secret's safe with me
Yeah, your secret's safe with me
Yeah
Hold your head high
Don't look down
I'm by your side
I won't back down
You wanted a hero tonight
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Made of Steel Lyrics as written by Jeremy Taggart Duncan Coutts
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My favorite line is
"a piece of string That reminds you not to think"
cause people tie strings around their finger to "think" and remember something...but he's using it so it reminds them not to think.
Going along with the suiside thing, I think it's saying that she's not taking the time to think about how important life really is, and the only conclusion she thinks there is, is one that's just on the top of her head: suicide.
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