"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.
Yeah!
This is what I can see through my eyes
This is the color of your sunrise
This is what I can see from your eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these
Eyes eyes
You betrayed me for the last time
Yeah!
You betrayed me for the last time
Took the light to see the truth side
This is what I can see from your eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these
Eyes eyes
You betrayed me for the last time
Your just another star that's burned out to quickly
But I still see you shining
I'm just another guy who's fucked up immensely
But you still love me why, I don't know
This what I see through my eyes
Black is the color of your sunrise
This is what I can see through my eyes
This is the color of your sunshine
Your just another star that's burned out to quickly
But I still see you shining
I'm just another guy who's fucked up immensely
But you still love me why, I don't know
Go!
This is what I can see through my eyes
This is the color of your sunrise
This is what I can see from your eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these
Eyes eyes
You betrayed me for the last time
Yeah!
You betrayed me for the last time
Took the light to see the truth side
This is what I can see from your eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these eyes
Jump
Jump
Jump
Jump
Can you see the light behind these
Eyes eyes
You betrayed me for the last time
Your just another star that's burned out to quickly
But I still see you shining
I'm just another guy who's fucked up immensely
But you still love me why, I don't know
This what I see through my eyes
Black is the color of your sunrise
This is what I can see through my eyes
This is the color of your sunshine
Your just another star that's burned out to quickly
But I still see you shining
I'm just another guy who's fucked up immensely
But you still love me why, I don't know
Go!
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