"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 need a new skin
An enemy to call a friend
Just to lie one more time
To steal my heart away
Everything will be okay
Nothing tastes quite like denial
And I've got nothing to lose
It's colored a bruise
The way you left me
And I've got nothing to hide
It died inside
The way it should be
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
I fake one more smile
The plastic one I wore for miles
Just to keep wearing the crown
And crack one more joke
Laugh 'til I almost choked
'Til nothing tastes quite like denial
Oh
And I've got nothing to lose
It's colored a bruise
The way you left me
And I've got nothing to hide
It died inside
The way it should be
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
Again
Kerosene
My house is on fire again
Kerosene....sene
My house is on fire again
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again!
An enemy to call a friend
Just to lie one more time
To steal my heart away
Everything will be okay
Nothing tastes quite like denial
And I've got nothing to lose
It's colored a bruise
The way you left me
And I've got nothing to hide
It died inside
The way it should be
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
I fake one more smile
The plastic one I wore for miles
Just to keep wearing the crown
And crack one more joke
Laugh 'til I almost choked
'Til nothing tastes quite like denial
Oh
And I've got nothing to lose
It's colored a bruise
The way you left me
And I've got nothing to hide
It died inside
The way it should be
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
Again
Kerosene
My house is on fire again
Kerosene....sene
My house is on fire again
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again
I'm sorry I didn't smile today
My house is on fire again
So bring to me kerosene
My house is on fire again!
Lyrics submitted by jealous envy
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I love this song!!!!