"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.
Tainted
Has our love gone cold
In a place that's bitter and broken
Tasted of a world I know
Surely there must be something better
Something forever
Hello
From the world below
I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
Well I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
Walking
Past the city lights
Silence can be so disturbing
You'll find me standing in the night
The stars never seem so unending
So unending
Hello
From the world below
While I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
Well I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
But we painted
Whitewashed everything
When all that remains are
Shadows of the stains
Tell me
Where did we go wrong
Can we just move on
Hello
From the world below
While I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
When I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
Hello
To the world below
While I'm watching the world spinning
This night seems so unending
Well I'll follow
To a place I know
That's only the beginning
Start over after ending
Has our love gone cold
In a place that's bitter and broken
Tasted of a world I know
Surely there must be something better
Something forever
Hello
From the world below
I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
Well I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
Walking
Past the city lights
Silence can be so disturbing
You'll find me standing in the night
The stars never seem so unending
So unending
Hello
From the world below
While I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
Well I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
But we painted
Whitewashed everything
When all that remains are
Shadows of the stains
Tell me
Where did we go wrong
Can we just move on
Hello
From the world below
While I'm watching the sun burning
As the road is slowly turning
When I know
That in letting go
I'm learning how to live
Through a life I have to give
Hello
To the world below
While I'm watching the world spinning
This night seems so unending
Well I'll follow
To a place I know
That's only the beginning
Start over after ending
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