"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.
There was a sound,
Split all the heavens apart
In on the northern route,
Out of the southern spark
Oh, I will be with you,
Running from the rain
When it reaches the end of the line
See myself reflected, in broken glass
As the gates come crashing down
There is blood on the tracks tonight
And rust inside our veins
(we will make it in time before the storm)
Running behind me
There were some younger kids
Who followed the tracks that day
It was a passing afternoon
And I came and took them away
So we forgot our names
Lying in the tall grass that's underneath the billboard dreams
Oh, I will be with you,
Running from the rain
When it reaches the end of the line
See myself reflected, in broken glass
As the gates come crashing down
There is blood on the tracks tonight
And rust inside on our veins
(we will make it in time before the storm)
It's running all over [Repeat: x4]
(the rain)
Running from the rain
Indecipherable whispers this is what I got
I need to get them out.
It's the right time to crash is it not?
You were all counting down, running on.
Running from the rain.
Operator, operator can you take it away?
You got that car you brought from me
Keep running cause you know it's true,
We're coming back,
Running from the rain.
Split all the heavens apart
In on the northern route,
Out of the southern spark
Oh, I will be with you,
Running from the rain
When it reaches the end of the line
See myself reflected, in broken glass
As the gates come crashing down
There is blood on the tracks tonight
And rust inside our veins
(we will make it in time before the storm)
Running behind me
There were some younger kids
Who followed the tracks that day
It was a passing afternoon
And I came and took them away
So we forgot our names
Lying in the tall grass that's underneath the billboard dreams
Oh, I will be with you,
Running from the rain
When it reaches the end of the line
See myself reflected, in broken glass
As the gates come crashing down
There is blood on the tracks tonight
And rust inside on our veins
(we will make it in time before the storm)
It's running all over [Repeat: x4]
(the rain)
Running from the rain
Indecipherable whispers this is what I got
I need to get them out.
It's the right time to crash is it not?
You were all counting down, running on.
Running from the rain.
Operator, operator can you take it away?
You got that car you brought from me
Keep running cause you know it's true,
We're coming back,
Running from the rain.
Lyrics submitted by Knife2aGunFight
Running From the Rain Lyrics as written by Andrew Everding Iii
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Guys. I love this song so much..I believe its about a friend Geoff lost when he was young. I dont think it was a train accident. I think they must have played quite a bit there. So the tracks are nostalgic. I beleive he died in a car crash in a town with a track that runs through it.......Though when I listen to it, I can come up with many metaphors as it relates to my life.