"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.
A thousand words but none were spoken
Guess there's nothin' left to say
Another word just got broken
Guess things just turn out that way, yeah
I want you to love me
Want you to know I'm just like you, just like you
A thousand words were spoken
Another dream, another day
Yeah, just like you, just like you
A thousand words just like you
I want you to love me
Want you to know I'm just like you, you, you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
Guess there's nothin' left to say
Another word just got broken
Guess things just turn out that way, yeah
I want you to love me
Want you to know I'm just like you, just like you
A thousand words were spoken
Another dream, another day
Yeah, just like you, just like you
A thousand words just like you
I want you to love me
Want you to know I'm just like you, you, you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
A thousand words just like you
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I think thats one of the best GGD songs. Sometimes the song makes me very sad because it reminds me of the "relationship" I and my "crush" have. We are very similar and at the same time we seem the most different characters that could be found. He is the first guy I could spend endless ours with just talkin. One day we were at a point where we became kinda close, too close. The thing was that there was no sex, not even kissing but from one second to another we both realized that we had deeper feelings for each other than friendship. Since then (it was about a year ago) we didn't speak a single word to each other althouth we see each other everyday at school.
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That's what it seems now. I know we're kinda childish but we were both hurt to much to trust a person that much to start a relationship. We'll see how it ends. nevertheless, I LOVE THIS SONG ABOVE ALL (maybe less than my friend :-)