"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.
Sometimes when you lose you head
when you get upset
We’re there to break your fall
And theres no reason yet
why they took your friends
theres no reason at all.
At all.
No reason at all.
At all
No reason at...
When you want to rest your head
On a shoulder that
You know wont turn on you
We’re all here till the end
With you my friend
There’s no reason to go
There’s no reason to go
To go
We wont let you go
Dont go
Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
(said by Kitchener Powell "The Wizard")
Not one day that you are here on this earth
Has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday as if it was your last
And every breath, as if it was the same
the same
as if it was the same
the same
things will never be the same
the same
We will never be the same
The same
the same
things will never be the same
the same
never be the same...
Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday
as if it was your last
And every breath
as if it was the same
(said by Kitchener Powell "The Wizard")
when you get upset
We’re there to break your fall
And theres no reason yet
why they took your friends
theres no reason at all.
At all.
No reason at all.
At all
No reason at...
When you want to rest your head
On a shoulder that
You know wont turn on you
We’re all here till the end
With you my friend
There’s no reason to go
There’s no reason to go
To go
We wont let you go
Dont go
Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
(said by Kitchener Powell "The Wizard")
Not one day that you are here on this earth
Has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday as if it was your last
And every breath, as if it was the same
the same
as if it was the same
the same
things will never be the same
the same
We will never be the same
The same
the same
things will never be the same
the same
never be the same...
Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday
as if it was your last
And every breath
as if it was the same
(said by Kitchener Powell "The Wizard")
Lyrics submitted by azure_34
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