"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.
it’s that feeling
you don’t have to say any words
you don’t talk
but something was definitely heard
and these chairs
they won’t let me go anywhere
these chairs
they hold me like i wish you would hold me
i don’t want to cry every morning
i don’t want to cry every night
i don’t want to bash my head up against
the wall anymore
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was with you
and i want to feel
the suns gone down finally
and the air is so warm it kisses me
and i know you’re out there
and i wonder are you thinking about me
i don’t want to cry every morning
i don’t want to cry every night
i don’t want to bash my head up against
the wall anymore
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was with you
and i want to feel
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was sixteen
and i want to feel...
you don’t have to say any words
you don’t talk
but something was definitely heard
and these chairs
they won’t let me go anywhere
these chairs
they hold me like i wish you would hold me
i don’t want to cry every morning
i don’t want to cry every night
i don’t want to bash my head up against
the wall anymore
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was with you
and i want to feel
the suns gone down finally
and the air is so warm it kisses me
and i know you’re out there
and i wonder are you thinking about me
i don’t want to cry every morning
i don’t want to cry every night
i don’t want to bash my head up against
the wall anymore
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was with you
and i want to feel
i want to see you again
and i want to touch you again
and i want to feel like i did when i was sixteen
and i want to feel...
Lyrics submitted by atari-cait
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ok, only one word of my comment got posted. this song is so great and pretty. I love it. if you do not own it, go download it or buy it.