"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.
such a lonely cold day,
trying to deny again
then one chance comes crashing down
such a lonely cold day,
makes me wonder why i try
then one hope comes crashing through
seems to change you, for now
chorus
hide inside my winter, hide inside my winter forever
let's climb out through my window,
we'll climb until we beg
hide inside my winter, hide inside my winter
hide inside my winter
not so easy (not so easy for you to), not so easy (not so easy for you to)
to find out
not so easy (not so easy for you to), not so easy (not so easy for you to)
to wake up, and find that no one's there
such a lonely cold day,
once again the dream is here
how long will it last this time?
(inside my mind)
chorus x2
hide inside my winter, hide inside the winter (repeat)
on a desperate highway,
seeking things i'd find at home
somewhere in the distance...
trying to deny again
then one chance comes crashing down
such a lonely cold day,
makes me wonder why i try
then one hope comes crashing through
seems to change you, for now
chorus
hide inside my winter, hide inside my winter forever
let's climb out through my window,
we'll climb until we beg
hide inside my winter, hide inside my winter
hide inside my winter
not so easy (not so easy for you to), not so easy (not so easy for you to)
to find out
not so easy (not so easy for you to), not so easy (not so easy for you to)
to wake up, and find that no one's there
such a lonely cold day,
once again the dream is here
how long will it last this time?
(inside my mind)
chorus x2
hide inside my winter, hide inside the winter (repeat)
on a desperate highway,
seeking things i'd find at home
somewhere in the distance...
Lyrics submitted by stargazer00
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