"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.
Take all my self-worth away
Just cold with no love in my veins
You've got this process figured out
(You've got this process figured out)
You've lost the love for yourself
Now
Just know that I'm telling you to
Watch your back and hold your breath cause
Denial never spoke so loud
So loud
Take all my self-worth away
(Take all my self-worth away)
Just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
You've got no self-control
No meaning in your makeup
You are the reason for the
Broken hearts you've made up
You've got this process figured out
You're not so picture perfect
You're not so picture perfect
You're not so picture perfect now
Take all my self-worth away
(Take all my self-worth away)
Just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
And you've got this
This process, so figured out
(Take all my self-worth away)
It's just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
Just cold with no love in my veins
You've got this process figured out
(You've got this process figured out)
You've lost the love for yourself
Now
Just know that I'm telling you to
Watch your back and hold your breath cause
Denial never spoke so loud
So loud
Take all my self-worth away
(Take all my self-worth away)
Just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
You've got no self-control
No meaning in your makeup
You are the reason for the
Broken hearts you've made up
You've got this process figured out
You're not so picture perfect
You're not so picture perfect
You're not so picture perfect now
Take all my self-worth away
(Take all my self-worth away)
Just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
And you've got this
This process, so figured out
(Take all my self-worth away)
It's just cold with no love in my veins
(In my veins)
So, show me how to feel nothin'
Show me how to feel safe
And I promise I will do the same
Do the same
Lyrics submitted by robertsmithlied7
The Process Lyrics as written by Jesse Paul Barrera Jeremy Mendez
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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