"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.
We are the leaders and the preachers
Teaching you what is right from wrong.
And even if a hint of nonsense has made us clearly conscious,
We'll be the first ones to act, be the first ones to act in.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
You are the so-called weak and reckless.
Waiting for the next big explosion,
No matter if it's wrong or right.
If we let you have this,
You'll be the first to destroy, be the first to destroy it.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we disguise our secrets.
You know you need this.
The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we disguise our secrets.
You know you need this.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
Teaching you what is right from wrong.
And even if a hint of nonsense has made us clearly conscious,
We'll be the first ones to act, be the first ones to act in.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
You are the so-called weak and reckless.
Waiting for the next big explosion,
No matter if it's wrong or right.
If we let you have this,
You'll be the first to destroy, be the first to destroy it.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we disguise our secrets.
You know you need this.
The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we disguise our secrets.
You know you need this.
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the
Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not to become:
Another fabricated self-portrait.
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember we're the ones
Setting you up to take our fall.
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You've Made Us Conscious Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Daniel James Stevens
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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