"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.
When we get home, I know we won't be home at all
This place we live, it is not where we belong
And I miss who we were and the town we could call our own
Going back to get away after everything has changed
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Everything has changed
'Cause you help me push aside all that I have left behind
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
So, we stand here now and no one knows us at all
I won't get used to this, I won't get used to being gone
And going back won't feel the same if we aren't staying
And going back to get away after everything has changed
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Everything has changed
'Cause you help me push aside all that I have left behind
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Taking up our time
Taking up our time
Taking up our time
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time
Taking up our time
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
This place we live, it is not where we belong
And I miss who we were and the town we could call our own
Going back to get away after everything has changed
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Everything has changed
'Cause you help me push aside all that I have left behind
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
So, we stand here now and no one knows us at all
I won't get used to this, I won't get used to being gone
And going back won't feel the same if we aren't staying
And going back to get away after everything has changed
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Everything has changed
'Cause you help me push aside all that I have left behind
Everything has changed
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Taking up our time
Taking up our time
Taking up our time
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time again
Go back, we can't go back at all
It's taking up our time
Taking up our time
'Cause you remind me of a time when we were so alive
Do you remember that?
Do you remember that?
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208, edited by Emzee4life, lolaranby
Franklin Lyrics as written by Joshua Neil Farro Hayley Nichole Williams
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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