"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.
(I'm about to lose control)
I, I don't know why
Why you need some reason to feel lost inside
You, you know that I'm alright
You know that I'm just the kind of girl that feels so hurt inside
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
Yeah, I loved you all my life
But you don't even know a thing I feel inside
No, by the look in my eye
That I'm just fine but I might need you to hold me tight
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I 'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
Just let me, cry
I'm breaking down just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I, I don't know why
Why you need some reason to feel lost inside
You, you know that I'm alright
You know that I'm just the kind of girl that feels so hurt inside
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
Yeah, I loved you all my life
But you don't even know a thing I feel inside
No, by the look in my eye
That I'm just fine but I might need you to hold me tight
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I 'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
Just let me, cry
I'm breaking down just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
I don't do excuses
I don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya want to help me, just let me cry
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shes either trying to be gwen stefani like marvel said or like avril lavigne with a crappier voice
^I dont think its possible to have a crappier voice than avrl laivgne.
And about the song, Ive never heard it, and personally, I wouldnt want to listen to a song of her saying she can cry. No ones stopping her. And no ones stopping her from jumping off a cliff.