"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're falling faster
This is the last year
Just a few more hours
Until we are all alone
This never happens
Changing with fashion
Just a few more hours
Until we are all alone
I wish I could have known you better
I should blame it on the weather
This was over from the start
Does it even matter?
Our situations getting worse
Sleep in, (sleep in)
Sleep well, (sleep well)
With this life, (this life)
We're set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
This dead letter written on black paper
It never found your eyes
Instead of love (instead of love)
She only saw dollar signs
Sleep in, (sleep in)
Sleep well, (sleep well)
With this life, (this life)
We're set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
With this life, (this life)
We are set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
This is the last year
Just a few more hours
Until we are all alone
This never happens
Changing with fashion
Just a few more hours
Until we are all alone
I wish I could have known you better
I should blame it on the weather
This was over from the start
Does it even matter?
Our situations getting worse
Sleep in, (sleep in)
Sleep well, (sleep well)
With this life, (this life)
We're set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
This dead letter written on black paper
It never found your eyes
Instead of love (instead of love)
She only saw dollar signs
Sleep in, (sleep in)
Sleep well, (sleep well)
With this life, (this life)
We're set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
With this life, (this life)
We are set to fail
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
I just wanted you to know
I think about you every night
When I fall asleep
You are in my dreams
And just like in a movie
The one you want to see
With a happy ending
Lyrics submitted by HomeDog6976
We Are So Last Year Lyrics as written by Eron Bucciarelli-tieger Casey Calvert
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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