"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.
You don't have to tell me what you came for
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Your eyes are beaming cirles on the floor
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Your tongue like acid it burns my skin
(yes I want it, no I don't want it no)
I'm so defenseless from...
The lust, it fills my soul with screams
But when it stops, it kills, it makes me weak
What do you want from me?
Inside, only pain is real
Isn't this room smaller than before?
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Are we closer or are we just bored?
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
The lack of oxygen makes my head spin
(yes I want it, no I don't want it no)
And just for a moment...
The love I feel so close, so real
But then it's not, I die, I raped, I'm chilled
What do you want from me?
you can't, I shake, I come, Burn...
All I want it's not what I want
All you want it's never what I need
Still I tried, like a perfect mirror I do what I see fit
All you want is all I give, all is right
Inside, only pain is real
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Your eyes are beaming cirles on the floor
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Your tongue like acid it burns my skin
(yes I want it, no I don't want it no)
I'm so defenseless from...
The lust, it fills my soul with screams
But when it stops, it kills, it makes me weak
What do you want from me?
Inside, only pain is real
Isn't this room smaller than before?
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
Are we closer or are we just bored?
(yes I want it, I don't want it)
The lack of oxygen makes my head spin
(yes I want it, no I don't want it no)
And just for a moment...
The love I feel so close, so real
But then it's not, I die, I raped, I'm chilled
What do you want from me?
you can't, I shake, I come, Burn...
All I want it's not what I want
All you want it's never what I need
Still I tried, like a perfect mirror I do what I see fit
All you want is all I give, all is right
Inside, only pain is real
Lyrics submitted by Pampas
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