"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 day they set it off
Blowing confusion into our minds
Some say we'll never see
The beauty within our hearts
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
Things never change
Without the strength to move on
What we will be
Depends on what we believe
We'll set it off
We're starting a differant life
Confessing we haven't begun to live
Leaving your past behind
You'll follow your heart
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
Will we ever learn?
What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
No, we'll never learn
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
Blowing confusion into our minds
Some say we'll never see
The beauty within our hearts
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
Things never change
Without the strength to move on
What we will be
Depends on what we believe
We'll set it off
We're starting a differant life
Confessing we haven't begun to live
Leaving your past behind
You'll follow your heart
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
Will we ever learn?
What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
No, we'll never learn
So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go
[Chorus]
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