"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 miss you and I feel
Like our time's an endless road
I want you to stay near
But sometimes I wanna go
There's nothing left to do
I'm moving in two directions
Nothing left to ask
I've used up every question
Driving in a circle
Spinning in this wheel
Don't know what I'm doing
Don't know how I feel
My tires they keep spinning
Kicking up the dust
And when it finally settles
There's nothing left of us
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
I miss you and I feel
Like our lives are on repeat
Everyday it's just the same thing
The lies between you and me
There's nothing left to do
Everything's moving in slow motion
There's nothing left to try
So caught up in these emotions
It happens every time
We say that we are friends
But then tomorrow comes
And we're enemies again
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
I miss you and I feel
Our love is slowly dying
And I don't know if it's true
Or if it's worth the trying
There's nothing left to do
As our hearts start to decay
There's nothing left to feel
As the sky is turning grey
As the day grows darker
The rain begins to spill
Now our hearts are broken
With this empty space to fill
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
Like our time's an endless road
I want you to stay near
But sometimes I wanna go
There's nothing left to do
I'm moving in two directions
Nothing left to ask
I've used up every question
Driving in a circle
Spinning in this wheel
Don't know what I'm doing
Don't know how I feel
My tires they keep spinning
Kicking up the dust
And when it finally settles
There's nothing left of us
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
I miss you and I feel
Like our lives are on repeat
Everyday it's just the same thing
The lies between you and me
There's nothing left to do
Everything's moving in slow motion
There's nothing left to try
So caught up in these emotions
It happens every time
We say that we are friends
But then tomorrow comes
And we're enemies again
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
I miss you and I feel
Our love is slowly dying
And I don't know if it's true
Or if it's worth the trying
There's nothing left to do
As our hearts start to decay
There's nothing left to feel
As the sky is turning grey
As the day grows darker
The rain begins to spill
Now our hearts are broken
With this empty space to fill
Pull us close to drift apart
We're closer to the end
We were broken from the start
And we're starting this again
Lyrics submitted by NothingFinal
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