"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.
One of these days, I'm gonna burst into flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
Every hour
In my home
I get wild
When left alone
Feel the sun
Strike my face
It's how I find
I missed the day
Now this voice inside my mind
Sounds nothing like my own
Beelz has called me back
Before I wreck the room
One of these days, I'm gonna burst into flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
Thought I'd try
To run away
Given time
And change my name
Once was broke
Never poor
Gettin' coke
Never pure
Now there's pain inside my gut
Enough to knock me over
And when I close my eyes
I swear I'm hearin' colors
One of these days, I'm gonna burst into flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
There I'll stand as the man in the flames
There I'll stand, the man in the flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
Every hour
In my home
I get wild
When left alone
Feel the sun
Strike my face
It's how I find
I missed the day
Now this voice inside my mind
Sounds nothing like my own
Beelz has called me back
Before I wreck the room
One of these days, I'm gonna burst into flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
Thought I'd try
To run away
Given time
And change my name
Once was broke
Never poor
Gettin' coke
Never pure
Now there's pain inside my gut
Enough to knock me over
And when I close my eyes
I swear I'm hearin' colors
One of these days, I'm gonna burst into flames
It's someday soon I hope, I'm tired of the wait
Cus my whole life has gone to hell
And I might as well go to
And there I'll stand as the man in the flames
There I'll stand as the man in the flames
There I'll stand, the man in the flames
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i kno what its like to have ur heart in flames and lets just say its not pretty... for all of is "In Flames"... it gets better i hope... it dfinatly cant get any worse