"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.
False pretense
A lack of resonance
A derisive sentiment
And confidence.
These bonds were always fake
Crafted for safety's sake.
But pasted wings,
And foil rings
Do not an angel make.
I see you left me with your,
Your last word.
It's ringing,
With the noteless shrill of jealousy,
And the claims of imperfection,
And the crying out for,
The things that you deserve.
But your voice is never audible
Beneath the anger in your words
It's ringing,
It's breaking me.
You can't belittle this,
This could change everything.
This one is mine to believe.
This is unparalleled,
A grace that's like gravity,
A clarity I've never seen.
I see you've left me with your,
Your last word
It's ringing
With the noteless shrill of jealousy,
And the claims of imperfection
And the crying out for,
The things that you deserve.
But your voice is never audible
Beneath the anger in your words,
It's ringing.
It's breaking me.
But the hottest words can cauterize,
And in anger, there's just wasted time,
So your last words, just another,
I won't hear.
A lack of resonance
A derisive sentiment
And confidence.
These bonds were always fake
Crafted for safety's sake.
But pasted wings,
And foil rings
Do not an angel make.
I see you left me with your,
Your last word.
It's ringing,
With the noteless shrill of jealousy,
And the claims of imperfection,
And the crying out for,
The things that you deserve.
But your voice is never audible
Beneath the anger in your words
It's ringing,
It's breaking me.
You can't belittle this,
This could change everything.
This one is mine to believe.
This is unparalleled,
A grace that's like gravity,
A clarity I've never seen.
I see you've left me with your,
Your last word
It's ringing
With the noteless shrill of jealousy,
And the claims of imperfection
And the crying out for,
The things that you deserve.
But your voice is never audible
Beneath the anger in your words,
It's ringing.
It's breaking me.
But the hottest words can cauterize,
And in anger, there's just wasted time,
So your last words, just another,
I won't hear.
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
The Bradley Lyrics as written by Christopher Andrew Carrabba Chad J. Neptune
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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