"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'll find truth in all of this
i'm gonna cut you up and see what's in your chest
take two steps back and stay you're shaking
doesn't it feel good to be exposed
so how does it feel
to be stuck on the ground
the sky is out of your reach
but so am i
you've gone to far
it's in your head
you just might soar but i hope you...fall instead
so let's take a trip up to the mountains
so you can try this one last time
forget about starting head straight for the canyon
now we're getting to the bottom of this mess
so how does it feel
to be stuck on the ground
the sky's out of your reach
but so am i
you've gone to far
it's in your head
you just might soar but i hope you...fall instead
you fall x3
instead
i'm gonna cut you up and see what's in your chest
take two steps back and stay you're shaking
doesn't it feel good to be exposed
so how does it feel
to be stuck on the ground
the sky is out of your reach
but so am i
you've gone to far
it's in your head
you just might soar but i hope you...fall instead
so let's take a trip up to the mountains
so you can try this one last time
forget about starting head straight for the canyon
now we're getting to the bottom of this mess
so how does it feel
to be stuck on the ground
the sky's out of your reach
but so am i
you've gone to far
it's in your head
you just might soar but i hope you...fall instead
you fall x3
instead
Lyrics submitted by shakingbrave
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