"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.
Blood is pouring
Sleep is boring
Don't stop running
I'm here counting
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
Really keep fucking with me
There's nowhere else to go
So I walk but seem to crawl
For I've given in today
Now I run into a wall
'Cause I cannot find my way
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
Endless worrying
Life is storming
Give up beating
I'll start bleeding
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
Really keep fucking with me
There's no where else to go
So I walk but seem to crawl
For I've given in today
Now I've run into a wall
'Cause I cannot find my way
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
What really do I have to follow?
Nothing makes sense at all
Taking something from nothing
Watch me as I fall
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
Sleep is boring
Don't stop running
I'm here counting
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
Really keep fucking with me
There's nowhere else to go
So I walk but seem to crawl
For I've given in today
Now I run into a wall
'Cause I cannot find my way
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
Endless worrying
Life is storming
Give up beating
I'll start bleeding
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
The life, the hurt, the pain, the hate
Really keep fucking with me
There's no where else to go
So I walk but seem to crawl
For I've given in today
Now I've run into a wall
'Cause I cannot find my way
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
What really do I have to follow?
Nothing makes sense at all
Taking something from nothing
Watch me as I fall
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
I'm bringing me down
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
You've gotta come with me
(I cannot stand this place)
We've fallen off the wall
(And I'm here in disgrace)
We had a chance to rise
(And now I can't replace)
We're going all the way
(And I'm in deaths' embrace)
Lyrics submitted by Robert Metal, edited by retry4z
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