"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.
We all are so faithful
We all are so lost within our hearts
There's a spark in reply
And then our colors burst and bloom
And we all become like
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within our thoughts
And still we all are so hopeful
So righteous in our blood
And oh so tarnished in our hearts
Yet so afraid of
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within our thoughts
We all are so
We all are so faithful
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within us
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
Leaves its mark upon our hearts
We all are so lost within our hearts
There's a spark in reply
And then our colors burst and bloom
And we all become like
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within our thoughts
And still we all are so hopeful
So righteous in our blood
And oh so tarnished in our hearts
Yet so afraid of
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within our thoughts
We all are so
We all are so faithful
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
That burns within us
Fading into nothing
Fading into nothing
Just a trace of light
Leaves its mark upon our hearts
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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