"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.
How did I end up here?
Closer to nowhere
In the middle of nothing
and I'm one step back from where I was
Spinning in circles gets old after a while
And you say if I fall I will
Fall straight into your arms
and should I trip over my feet
and if I start to slip I will
Slip right onto my knees
Into the centre of your hands
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me what is wrong with that?
Why do I have to know everything?
and why does everything always have to make sense?
Why do I always have to have you figured out?
'Cause I just want to take your hand
And you say if I fall I will
Fall straight into your arms
should I trip over my feet
and if I start to slip I will
Slip right onto my knees
Into the centre of your hands
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me, what is wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with
Maybe someday, I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
Maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me, what is wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
Closer to nowhere
In the middle of nothing
and I'm one step back from where I was
Spinning in circles gets old after a while
And you say if I fall I will
Fall straight into your arms
and should I trip over my feet
and if I start to slip I will
Slip right onto my knees
Into the centre of your hands
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me what is wrong with that?
Why do I have to know everything?
and why does everything always have to make sense?
Why do I always have to have you figured out?
'Cause I just want to take your hand
And you say if I fall I will
Fall straight into your arms
should I trip over my feet
and if I start to slip I will
Slip right onto my knees
Into the centre of your hands
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
'Cause maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me, what is wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with
Maybe someday, I could learn to trust you
and just stop thinking with my head
Maybe someday I could learn to let go
I lose control
But tell me, what is wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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