"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 open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how, I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound, but no one hears me
I'm slippin' off the edge, I'm hangin' by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothin' mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, I've got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how, I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound, but no one hears me
I'm slippin' off the edge, I'm hangin' by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothin' mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, I've got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Lyrics submitted by yoocamel, edited by GameOver64
Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) Lyrics as written by Pierre Bouvier Charles-andre Comeau
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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