"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.
The truth in your eyes promised me
A life far away from yesterday
In you I see the future...
In our special place we will build our own dream
You're the moon in my deep blue sky
Through the darkest of nights
Your light spreads across my land
On my fields we'll stand hand in hand
Oh, so we are both night and day
We'll watch the winter snow unite with the summer rain
During times of our yesterday we will find a way to look ahead
Through the darkness, our past darkness, we will stand hand in hand
And we'll be there together as one...
Come with me and leave the rain behind, I will carry you
Sheltered by our love we'll leave yesterday
Time won't exist as we're heading for an eternity
Flying through the unknown skies painted in the beauty of you and I...
Breathing a pleasant silence tonight
The sound of your breath carries the light
You're what I was put here for
And finally I know just how to smile
You're the moon in my deep blue sky
Through the darkest of nights
Your light spreads across my land
On my fields we'll stand hand in hand
Our love will be our lifelong map
And our road will lead us to eternity...
Come with me and leave the rain behind, I will carry you
Sheltered by our love we'll leave yesterday
A life far away from yesterday
In you I see the future...
In our special place we will build our own dream
You're the moon in my deep blue sky
Through the darkest of nights
Your light spreads across my land
On my fields we'll stand hand in hand
Oh, so we are both night and day
We'll watch the winter snow unite with the summer rain
During times of our yesterday we will find a way to look ahead
Through the darkness, our past darkness, we will stand hand in hand
And we'll be there together as one...
Come with me and leave the rain behind, I will carry you
Sheltered by our love we'll leave yesterday
Time won't exist as we're heading for an eternity
Flying through the unknown skies painted in the beauty of you and I...
Breathing a pleasant silence tonight
The sound of your breath carries the light
You're what I was put here for
And finally I know just how to smile
You're the moon in my deep blue sky
Through the darkest of nights
Your light spreads across my land
On my fields we'll stand hand in hand
Our love will be our lifelong map
And our road will lead us to eternity...
Come with me and leave the rain behind, I will carry you
Sheltered by our love we'll leave yesterday
Lyrics submitted by Idan
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Is it love?