"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.
To install the notion that I divided by I
Replace the occasion to speak
I'm not the only lonely boy
until I decide to take my watch off, I still believe that we
Were just a matter of time, stop getting older everyday, shout for shout's sake
siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact, I've already lost him once
Do deadly dance and I've asked for is so little
In fact, I've already lost him once
If I decide to sever the plates below
The shore would separate and find only seven plates again
Until I decide to take my watch off, I still believe that we
Were just a matter of time, stop getting older everyday, shout for shout's sake
siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact, I've already lost him once
Do a deadly dance and I've asked for so little
In fact, I've already lost him
before commemorating I hope you still believe
Before commemorating ten feet tall and separate the bow
Before commemorating I hope you still believe
Before commemorating ten feet tall and separate the bow
Before commemorating I hope you still believe
(if I decide to sever the plates below, the shore would separate and find only seven plates again oh I hope you still believe)
THIS LAST PART IN PARENTHESIS IS THE BACKROUND OF THE ENDING
Replace the occasion to speak
I'm not the only lonely boy
until I decide to take my watch off, I still believe that we
Were just a matter of time, stop getting older everyday, shout for shout's sake
siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact, I've already lost him once
Do deadly dance and I've asked for is so little
In fact, I've already lost him once
If I decide to sever the plates below
The shore would separate and find only seven plates again
Until I decide to take my watch off, I still believe that we
Were just a matter of time, stop getting older everyday, shout for shout's sake
siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact, I've already lost him once
Do a deadly dance and I've asked for so little
In fact, I've already lost him
before commemorating I hope you still believe
Before commemorating ten feet tall and separate the bow
Before commemorating I hope you still believe
Before commemorating ten feet tall and separate the bow
Before commemorating I hope you still believe
(if I decide to sever the plates below, the shore would separate and find only seven plates again oh I hope you still believe)
THIS LAST PART IN PARENTHESIS IS THE BACKROUND OF THE ENDING
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