"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 can tell it to my face, but I will never know what you mean
Silence triggers the adrenaline, some things are never meant to be seen
Steel plate nailed into the corner,
Be sure that people know what it means
The room is empty yet so full of lives,
Not everything is what it seems
Hesitating or speeding,
It's all just a bleeding way to be
Heading down the same old road,
That'll lead you to the place I see
I've been there
Do you see
Do you see me
Do you see what I mean
Be sure that...
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
Eyes closed, everything's at ease,
I get to go where no one goes when alive
If you'd seen the things I've seen,
You'd know that there's no way to survive
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
This is peace of mind
Behind door 2.12
I feel so cold
Behind door 2.12
Do you see
Do you see me
Do you see what I mean
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
This is peace of mind
Behind door 2.12
I feel so cold
Behind door 2.12
Silence triggers the adrenaline, some things are never meant to be seen
Steel plate nailed into the corner,
Be sure that people know what it means
The room is empty yet so full of lives,
Not everything is what it seems
Hesitating or speeding,
It's all just a bleeding way to be
Heading down the same old road,
That'll lead you to the place I see
I've been there
Do you see
Do you see me
Do you see what I mean
Be sure that...
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
Eyes closed, everything's at ease,
I get to go where no one goes when alive
If you'd seen the things I've seen,
You'd know that there's no way to survive
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
This is peace of mind
Behind door 2.12
I feel so cold
Behind door 2.12
Do you see
Do you see me
Do you see what I mean
The sun never shines
Behind door 2.12
It gotta be cold
Behind door 2.12
This is peace of mind
Behind door 2.12
I feel so cold
Behind door 2.12
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