"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.
Quick fix and heart beats gets me..so easily
Now you got me on my knees
This will be the death of me
Tick-tock, time goes by
Hit me... so suddenly
How you knock me off my feet
I'm the Queen of Apologies
And I'm fighting this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
I blame no one but myself so honestly
Is this how its gonna be
Tell me, who's the enemy
Monkey on my back, keeps me..so desperately
How you got me on my knees
This will be the death of me
So sick of this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
You see I'm still shaking
And I'm fighting this feeling
This will be the death of me
I'm the Queen of Apologies
And I'm fighting this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
And I'm fighting this feeling
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
This will be the death of me
This will be the death of me
I'm the Queen of Apologies
This will be the death of me
Now you got me on my knees
This will be the death of me
Tick-tock, time goes by
Hit me... so suddenly
How you knock me off my feet
I'm the Queen of Apologies
And I'm fighting this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
I blame no one but myself so honestly
Is this how its gonna be
Tell me, who's the enemy
Monkey on my back, keeps me..so desperately
How you got me on my knees
This will be the death of me
So sick of this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
You see I'm still shaking
And I'm fighting this feeling
This will be the death of me
I'm the Queen of Apologies
And I'm fighting this feeling
But it never stops, never stops
I'm still waiting
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
And I'm fighting this feeling
And I'm stuck with this feeling
Will it ever stop, ever stop
I keep trying
This will be the death of me
This will be the death of me
I'm the Queen of Apologies
This will be the death of me
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