"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.
She awakens from a dream to a silent room
Where shadows speak of memories
Another sleepless night,
Afraid to face the day
It seems so long ago she shared the love
She feels so deep inside
Her love will never die
But still she feels so lonely
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
She wakes up to another day
With everything going wrong
She wonders where she would be
If she had never seen his face
She turns on the radio,
But it's playing that same old song
She's pouring another drink
To drown away the memory of it all
She can't wait another night
Take another day
She doesn't want to be
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
There's a feeling she can't explain
That no one can understand
She just needs to get away
But there's nowhere that she can go
Tomorrow's so far away
She's longing for yesterday
If she could just turn back time
She wants to leave the world behind
She can't wait another night
Take another day
She doesn't want to be
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
The night will fade, the sun will shine
A new day
And light the way for you to find
New Love
Where shadows speak of memories
Another sleepless night,
Afraid to face the day
It seems so long ago she shared the love
She feels so deep inside
Her love will never die
But still she feels so lonely
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
She wakes up to another day
With everything going wrong
She wonders where she would be
If she had never seen his face
She turns on the radio,
But it's playing that same old song
She's pouring another drink
To drown away the memory of it all
She can't wait another night
Take another day
She doesn't want to be
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
There's a feeling she can't explain
That no one can understand
She just needs to get away
But there's nowhere that she can go
Tomorrow's so far away
She's longing for yesterday
If she could just turn back time
She wants to leave the world behind
She can't wait another night
Take another day
She doesn't want to be
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
Lonely in Love
The night will fade, the sun will shine
A new day
And light the way for you to find
New Love
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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such a beautiful song from an underestimated band, with a great great singer. Midnight may you rest in peace!