"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.
I'm preparing your place to rest
so you can sleep and forget your fear of death
to say thanks is too late maybe my tears will wash everything away
I'm preparing your place to rest
so you can sleep and forget your fear of death
my memories are going back to you.
You are smiling now i'm looking at you and you are dying
Mu memories are going back to you. The rose fades. The leaves are taken to you
My memory hates you and I miss you
My memory is going back to you.
The rose fades, the leaves are falling down.
To say thanks is not too late.
Maybe my tears just say that I'm not afraid.
I'm not afraid. No i'm not afraid...
To say thanks is not too late.
Maybe my tears just say that everything's gonna be ok...
I'm waiting for the day we will rest in peace and lie together then and ever
I'm waiting for the day we will look at the stars and sit together then and ever
A falling star lighted the night
Now i know you finally get the wings you dreamt of your entire life
Now i know he is waiting for me, just for me!
I dream the day he and I will live forever, together, then and ever...
so you can sleep and forget your fear of death
to say thanks is too late maybe my tears will wash everything away
I'm preparing your place to rest
so you can sleep and forget your fear of death
my memories are going back to you.
You are smiling now i'm looking at you and you are dying
Mu memories are going back to you. The rose fades. The leaves are taken to you
My memory hates you and I miss you
My memory is going back to you.
The rose fades, the leaves are falling down.
To say thanks is not too late.
Maybe my tears just say that I'm not afraid.
I'm not afraid. No i'm not afraid...
To say thanks is not too late.
Maybe my tears just say that everything's gonna be ok...
I'm waiting for the day we will rest in peace and lie together then and ever
I'm waiting for the day we will look at the stars and sit together then and ever
A falling star lighted the night
Now i know you finally get the wings you dreamt of your entire life
Now i know he is waiting for me, just for me!
I dream the day he and I will live forever, together, then and ever...
Lyrics submitted by monstrum
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