"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.
Another night again
Another journey without friends
Another fight to wish away the loneliness I live
Another circus show
Another face that I don't know
Another night of people asking what I have to give
I thought that I would drown
But it's okay right now
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am [2x]
The fire grows inside
The feeling cannot be denied
And everywhere I turn the size of guys they push me
And all has fallen down
But it's okay right now
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am
And everything seems great and everyone is fake
No one really knows you
Look into their eyes
Rip off your disguise
Let them see the real you
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am [2x]
Another journey without friends
Another fight to wish away the loneliness I live
Another circus show
Another face that I don't know
Another night of people asking what I have to give
I thought that I would drown
But it's okay right now
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am [2x]
The fire grows inside
The feeling cannot be denied
And everywhere I turn the size of guys they push me
And all has fallen down
But it's okay right now
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am
And everything seems great and everyone is fake
No one really knows you
Look into their eyes
Rip off your disguise
Let them see the real you
[Chorus:]
And all the miles away I feel a part of me I have to fight
Buried somewhere deep beneath my skin
The emptiness in me is faded
And I can see my life is waiting
Now I know I'm living for who I am [2x]
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter, edited by jelle1110
Who I Am Lyrics as written by Sean Danielsen John Lewis Parker
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I love this song, but i never knew it was from Spiderman 2 soundtrack.
If you do a search on youtube for this song and Batman, theres a fanmade video by someone using the original 1989 batman movie with michael keaton. The song is way better for batman when you watch the video.
And like other here, I can relate to pieces of it. Obviously I aint the webslinger or the Gotham Detective. But yeah.