"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 learn to sit and you learn to listen. you learned your not lost if your not lookin'.
Your sick with wonder make complete new sickness.
Thinkin' 'bout your brain and ya lost faith in names,
But believin' in belief remains the rule of any game. well Jeffrey, oh Jeffrey.
Oh it's a small town and everyone's in on it, but don't be ashamed to name what you want,
And don't be afraid to say what you mean.
Name your needs however you need name 'em,
And when the smoke comes risin' 'round your window after midnight never forget,
Never forget, a vampire must be invited in, oh Jeffrey, oh Jeffrey.
So you suspect me as something 'cause I'm new around here and a bit strange right?
We'll others think, as I'm puttin' the fun back in funeral.
Let the dead fix in memory, solution.
I'm finally quieting any rooms hum and the role of the outdoors.
So what if you are what you eat, then I'm most comfortable handcuffed
I've only one question left unanswered, by both sid vicious and my mother.
Me Who? Me Who? Me.
Your sick with wonder make complete new sickness.
Thinkin' 'bout your brain and ya lost faith in names,
But believin' in belief remains the rule of any game. well Jeffrey, oh Jeffrey.
Oh it's a small town and everyone's in on it, but don't be ashamed to name what you want,
And don't be afraid to say what you mean.
Name your needs however you need name 'em,
And when the smoke comes risin' 'round your window after midnight never forget,
Never forget, a vampire must be invited in, oh Jeffrey, oh Jeffrey.
So you suspect me as something 'cause I'm new around here and a bit strange right?
We'll others think, as I'm puttin' the fun back in funeral.
Let the dead fix in memory, solution.
I'm finally quieting any rooms hum and the role of the outdoors.
So what if you are what you eat, then I'm most comfortable handcuffed
I've only one question left unanswered, by both sid vicious and my mother.
Me Who? Me Who? Me.
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