"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.
Amidst a smile like the setting sun
Red sequined dress that could kill anyone
The music moves you like good poetry
I wish I lacked this anonymity
It strikes me funny when you mouth the words
To "am i wrong" a song I've only heard
While sipping whiskey living out a lie
A perfect portrait hosting you and I
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
Give it a go and maybe you will see
So take a chance and it'll be alright
Cause that's all you've got to go on
To go on
Tou dance around my head throughout the day
A want, a wish, a will to have my way
And when I fumble over words you smile
You'll kiss my cheek and say "I like your style"
Dream a dream of our life story
I will tell it over and again
I'll tell the world just how you got that
Got that perfect smile I can't withstand
Let me kiss you index finger
I'll point out how you've made me crazy
I know I'd do it all the same way
I'd do it all the same way
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
Give it a go and maybe you will see
So take a chance and it'll be alright
Cause that's all you've got to go on
Dream a dream of our life story
I will tell it over and again
I'll tell the world just how you got that
Got that perfect smile I can't withstand
Let me kiss you index finger
I'll point out how you've made me crazy
I know I'd do it all the same way
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
If I can't be near you then I'd rather be
In hell forever I'll think of you
So just give me chances to go on
To go on...
Red sequined dress that could kill anyone
The music moves you like good poetry
I wish I lacked this anonymity
It strikes me funny when you mouth the words
To "am i wrong" a song I've only heard
While sipping whiskey living out a lie
A perfect portrait hosting you and I
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
Give it a go and maybe you will see
So take a chance and it'll be alright
Cause that's all you've got to go on
To go on
Tou dance around my head throughout the day
A want, a wish, a will to have my way
And when I fumble over words you smile
You'll kiss my cheek and say "I like your style"
Dream a dream of our life story
I will tell it over and again
I'll tell the world just how you got that
Got that perfect smile I can't withstand
Let me kiss you index finger
I'll point out how you've made me crazy
I know I'd do it all the same way
I'd do it all the same way
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
Give it a go and maybe you will see
So take a chance and it'll be alright
Cause that's all you've got to go on
Dream a dream of our life story
I will tell it over and again
I'll tell the world just how you got that
Got that perfect smile I can't withstand
Let me kiss you index finger
I'll point out how you've made me crazy
I know I'd do it all the same way
A made up romance, my soliloquy will read
I know i'm lost again, my timing's off again
Because something lacks in your passing eyes
It's lust and libido
Why give up this oppourtunity?
If I can't be near you then I'd rather be
In hell forever I'll think of you
So just give me chances to go on
To go on...
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
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this song is freakin awesome, its simplicity is expressed in the words. doesnt really need a meaning or translation if you ask me