"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 feel so calm tonight
Like I'm floating into space
I feel my anger now
Vanishing without a trace
I feel so weak tonight
I'm no longer in control
I feel so different now
That it's time to face my soul
You gave me the time
To change the memories
But if I forget myself
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
I feel so bright tonight
Like I'm glowing in the dark
I feel so distant now
Burning like the smallest spark
I feel so faint tonight
Like I'm hardly even there
I feel much older now
But I'm still too young to care
You gave me the hope
That this was meant to be
But if I forget myself
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
Oh love
I feel so different now
I feel so different now
I feel no fear tonight
I feel no pain
I don't know what I feel
Or hope to gain
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
Remember me, Remember me
Like I'm floating into space
I feel my anger now
Vanishing without a trace
I feel so weak tonight
I'm no longer in control
I feel so different now
That it's time to face my soul
You gave me the time
To change the memories
But if I forget myself
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
I feel so bright tonight
Like I'm glowing in the dark
I feel so distant now
Burning like the smallest spark
I feel so faint tonight
Like I'm hardly even there
I feel much older now
But I'm still too young to care
You gave me the hope
That this was meant to be
But if I forget myself
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
Oh love
I feel so different now
I feel so different now
I feel no fear tonight
I feel no pain
I don't know what I feel
Or hope to gain
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
(Remember me, Remember me)
Will you remember me?
Oh love, Oh love
Will you remember me?
Remember me, Remember me
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