"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.
Dream, are you a dreamer?
Are you a dreamer?
Do you dream?
Sleep, are you a sleeper?
Are you a sleeper?
Do you sleep?
When your brown eyes close
Do blue skies open up?
When your breathing slows
Your mind run fast and free?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Love, are you my lover?
Are you my lover?
Do you love me?
Save, are you a savior?
Are you a savior?
Will you save?
When my blue eyes close
Will white clouds lift me up?
When my body slows
My mind run fast and free?
Do you hold me when I sleep?
Do you hold me when I sleep?
When your brown eyes close
Do blue skies open up?
When your breathing slows
Your mind run fast and free?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Water, I'm walking on water
Walking on water for you.
Are you a dreamer?
Do you dream?
Sleep, are you a sleeper?
Are you a sleeper?
Do you sleep?
When your brown eyes close
Do blue skies open up?
When your breathing slows
Your mind run fast and free?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Love, are you my lover?
Are you my lover?
Do you love me?
Save, are you a savior?
Are you a savior?
Will you save?
When my blue eyes close
Will white clouds lift me up?
When my body slows
My mind run fast and free?
Do you hold me when I sleep?
Do you hold me when I sleep?
When your brown eyes close
Do blue skies open up?
When your breathing slows
Your mind run fast and free?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Will you sleep and dream with me?
Water, I'm walking on water
Walking on water for you.
Lyrics submitted by mylittlejillian
Are You a Dreamer? Lyrics as written by Denison Stuart Witmer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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mmmm no i just think it's about imagination and sleep