"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 speak when I want to
Employ my voice 'til it burns
Through the core of my own throat
Speak until the demand's gone
You should be downstairs with them
You're wasting your time again
Listen, I'm fine now
I don't want to talk right now
Thank you for your concern
I can speak 'til the world ends
To make up for all that I left out
I'll register with the wanderer's guild
And be a nomad with a billion words
You should be downstairs with them
You're wasting your time again
Listen, I'm fine now
I don't want to talk right now
Thank you for your concern
Air conditioning you can stay quiet all night
Employ my voice 'til it burns
Through the core of my own throat
Speak until the demand's gone
You should be downstairs with them
You're wasting your time again
Listen, I'm fine now
I don't want to talk right now
Thank you for your concern
I can speak 'til the world ends
To make up for all that I left out
I'll register with the wanderer's guild
And be a nomad with a billion words
You should be downstairs with them
You're wasting your time again
Listen, I'm fine now
I don't want to talk right now
Thank you for your concern
Air conditioning you can stay quiet all night
Lyrics submitted by winter_is_broken
The Wanderer's Guild Lyrics as written by Anthony Diionno Ben Jorgensen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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