"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.
Call off all of your plans
Push back all of your worries
Everything can wait as long as it has to
And it will
You can just let go
And let it rest a while
It all moves into place
Shake off all of that tension
Give up all of your heartache
The weight slips off of your shoulders
Everything's lighter than you think
Let it fall apart
And come together again
And then it's not the same
We don't even know
Think back to remember why
How you became so afraid of life
There must be a reason why
You don't even know
You're only falling to rise again
You're only lost to be found again
It only ends to begin again
Let it fall apart
And come together again
And then it's not the same
I just wanna know
Cuz it's time that we end the day
And you can't even sleep at night
When will you realize
You don't even know
You're only falling to rise again
You're only lost to be found again
It only ends to begin again
Push back all of your worries
Everything can wait as long as it has to
And it will
You can just let go
And let it rest a while
It all moves into place
Shake off all of that tension
Give up all of your heartache
The weight slips off of your shoulders
Everything's lighter than you think
Let it fall apart
And come together again
And then it's not the same
We don't even know
Think back to remember why
How you became so afraid of life
There must be a reason why
You don't even know
You're only falling to rise again
You're only lost to be found again
It only ends to begin again
Let it fall apart
And come together again
And then it's not the same
I just wanna know
Cuz it's time that we end the day
And you can't even sleep at night
When will you realize
You don't even know
You're only falling to rise again
You're only lost to be found again
It only ends to begin again
Lyrics submitted by nuclearjesus
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I LOVE THIS SONG.... i think its pretty self explanitory. just enjoy life while you can cause it can end within a second.
relax...and let go....