"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.
Right now, I feel so winded
Thinkin' that one day, we'll be ended
Until I've done all that I can (all that)
Until I've done all that I can
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Right now, I wish I was older
And right now, I wish I had closure
Until I've done all that I can (all that)
Until I've done all that I can
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Drinkin' with nothing to lose
I'm sorry I was late, I was so blue
Oh, my head hurts from holding your head
And I'm young, but it's hard to believe
Yeah, yeah
That someday, I will never see you again
And you might not believe this, but you've changed me so much
Oh, baby (baby), it's so hard, leaving you
But maybe (maybe), this was the only-y-y way
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
"Hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
"Hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Thinkin' that one day, we'll be ended
Until I've done all that I can (all that)
Until I've done all that I can
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Right now, I wish I was older
And right now, I wish I had closure
Until I've done all that I can (all that)
Until I've done all that I can
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Drinkin' with nothing to lose
I'm sorry I was late, I was so blue
Oh, my head hurts from holding your head
And I'm young, but it's hard to believe
Yeah, yeah
That someday, I will never see you again
And you might not believe this, but you've changed me so much
Oh, baby (baby), it's so hard, leaving you
But maybe (maybe), this was the only-y-y way
And so I said, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Oh, "hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
"Hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
"Hello, hello, hello, I'm right here"
Lyrics submitted by heavyinmyheart, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Hello, I'm Right Here Lyrics as written by Sara Keirsten Quin Alex Hope
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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when they sing hello hello hello i get this weird stirr of emotions inside me
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such a beautiful song, it hits home.
The lyrics kind of remind me of "I know, I know, I know"
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