"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.
cover your ears
disguise the sound
choose your course but don't turn around
the voice you hear will drag you in,
it will swallow you, don't let her in,
cover your ears
the hurt will end
but you musn't break
and you musn't bend
don't look back
it's all the same
you can't go back to that stupid game
the siren song
when you give up
and when you give in
you'll dash your heart against the rocks
close your heart,
close your eyes
before you fall to all these lies
it doesn't matter,
it will never change
this hated element still remains.
it still remains
cover your ears
disguise the sound
choose your course but don't turn around
the voice you hear will drag you in,
it will swallow you, don't let her in,
cover your ears
the hurt will end
but you musn't break
and you musn't bend
don't look back
it's all the same
you can't go back to that stupid game
the siren song
don't look back
you've got to be strong
you cannot listen to the siren's song
the siren song
disguise the sound
choose your course but don't turn around
the voice you hear will drag you in,
it will swallow you, don't let her in,
cover your ears
the hurt will end
but you musn't break
and you musn't bend
don't look back
it's all the same
you can't go back to that stupid game
the siren song
when you give up
and when you give in
you'll dash your heart against the rocks
close your heart,
close your eyes
before you fall to all these lies
it doesn't matter,
it will never change
this hated element still remains.
it still remains
cover your ears
disguise the sound
choose your course but don't turn around
the voice you hear will drag you in,
it will swallow you, don't let her in,
cover your ears
the hurt will end
but you musn't break
and you musn't bend
don't look back
it's all the same
you can't go back to that stupid game
the siren song
don't look back
you've got to be strong
you cannot listen to the siren's song
the siren song
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