"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.
Love can lift you higher, or cut you like a knife, I been there before.
You've cried out your heart an' had your dreams torn apart, but not anymore.
'Cause, baby, we'll walk hand in hand through this world of shifting sand,
And no matter how crazy things might be.
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
It's hard to forget when someone you love has let you so far down.
But the truth in my touch is something you can trust: it's solid ground.
The fear of letting go is paralysing, I know,
But no matter how afraid you might be,
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
We've waited all our lives,
For this moment to arrive,
Now here we are on the edge of everything.
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
You can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe,
You can believe,
You can believe,
Baby, you can believe.
You've cried out your heart an' had your dreams torn apart, but not anymore.
'Cause, baby, we'll walk hand in hand through this world of shifting sand,
And no matter how crazy things might be.
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
It's hard to forget when someone you love has let you so far down.
But the truth in my touch is something you can trust: it's solid ground.
The fear of letting go is paralysing, I know,
But no matter how afraid you might be,
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
We've waited all our lives,
For this moment to arrive,
Now here we are on the edge of everything.
You can believe in me,
'Cause I'm never gonna turn my back.
Baby, I can promise you that I'll never leave.
Forever, I will be a harbour for your soul.
A safe place you can go when you're in too deep.
You can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
You can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe in me.
Baby, you can believe,
You can believe,
You can believe,
Baby, you can believe.
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Believe in Me Lyrics as written by John D. Rich Charlie Pennachio
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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