"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've found the center of fruit as late
Is the center of truth today.
Cut the apple in two.
Oh, I pray it isn't true.
I've found the center of fruit as late
Is the center of truth today.
Cut the apple in two.
Oh, I pray it isn't true.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've drained my heart, I've burned my soul.
I've trained the core to stop my growth.
I pray to die in grace,
To cover me in snow,
To cover me in snow,
Cover me in snow,
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
Cover me in snow.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
Take this from me.
Hate me. Hate me.
Take this from me.
Hate me. Hate me.
1, 2, 3, he is a speed bump mannequin.
1, 2, 3, he can't move just stand still.
1, 2, 3, he is a speed bump mannequin.
1, 2, 3, he can't move just stand still.
I've got something you can never eat.
Is the center of truth today.
Cut the apple in two.
Oh, I pray it isn't true.
I've found the center of fruit as late
Is the center of truth today.
Cut the apple in two.
Oh, I pray it isn't true.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've got something you can never eat.
I've drained my heart, I've burned my soul.
I've trained the core to stop my growth.
I pray to die in grace,
To cover me in snow,
To cover me in snow,
Cover me in snow,
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
Cover me in snow.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
I'm dying, I hope you're dying too.
Take this from me.
Hate me. Hate me.
Take this from me.
Hate me. Hate me.
1, 2, 3, he is a speed bump mannequin.
1, 2, 3, he can't move just stand still.
1, 2, 3, he is a speed bump mannequin.
1, 2, 3, he can't move just stand still.
I've got something you can never eat.
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