"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 scratching a picture on the wall
Of a man called nothing at all
Why are they keeping me here
Please just let me go
Please let me go
I'm hearing voices deep inside my head
But I don't want to listen
Why don't you leave me, just leave me alone
'Cause I'm in no condition
Join us, I won't follow you
Join us, there's nothing you can do
Join us, you're never going to win
Join us, cause I'll never let you in
What are these creatures crawling over me?
I'm in no condition
Join us, I won't follow you
Join us, there's nothing you can do
Join us, you're never going to win
Join us, cause I'll never let you in
I claw at the walls until my fingers bleed
Is it really happening or is it just a dream
I look in the mirror
His eyes stare right back
He is always watching
This room turns to black
We are the voices deep inside you're head
But you don't want to listen
Of a man called nothing at all
Why are they keeping me here
Please just let me go
Please let me go
I'm hearing voices deep inside my head
But I don't want to listen
Why don't you leave me, just leave me alone
'Cause I'm in no condition
Join us, I won't follow you
Join us, there's nothing you can do
Join us, you're never going to win
Join us, cause I'll never let you in
What are these creatures crawling over me?
I'm in no condition
Join us, I won't follow you
Join us, there's nothing you can do
Join us, you're never going to win
Join us, cause I'll never let you in
I claw at the walls until my fingers bleed
Is it really happening or is it just a dream
I look in the mirror
His eyes stare right back
He is always watching
This room turns to black
We are the voices deep inside you're head
But you don't want to listen
Lyrics submitted by TheRiverDragon
A Man Called Nothing Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Bruce Waters Paul Black
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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