"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 play a good game But not good as you
I may be a little cold But you can be so cruel
I'm not made of brick I'm not made of stone
But I had you fooled enough to take me on
If love was a war It's you that has won
While I was confessing it You held your tongue
Now the damage is done
There's blood in these veins And I cry when in pain
I'm only human on the inside And though looks may deceive
Make it hard to believe I'm only human on the inside
On the inside
I thought you'd come through I thought you'd come clean
You were the best thing I should never have seen
Cause you go to extremes You push me too far
Then you keep going 'till you break my heart
Yeah you break my heart
See I bleed and I bruise Oh, but what's it to you
I'm only human on the inside
And though looks may deceive Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside
Well I crash and I burn Maybe some day you'll learn
I'm only human on the inside
I stumble, I fall baby under it all
I'm only human on the inside
On the inside
And the damage is done
There's blood in these veins And I cry when in pain
I'm only human on the inside
And though looks may deceive Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside
Well I crash and I burn Maybe some day you'll learn
I'm only human on the inside
I stumble, I fall, baby I do it all
I'm only human on the inside
On the inside On the inside
I may be a little cold But you can be so cruel
I'm not made of brick I'm not made of stone
But I had you fooled enough to take me on
If love was a war It's you that has won
While I was confessing it You held your tongue
Now the damage is done
There's blood in these veins And I cry when in pain
I'm only human on the inside And though looks may deceive
Make it hard to believe I'm only human on the inside
On the inside
I thought you'd come through I thought you'd come clean
You were the best thing I should never have seen
Cause you go to extremes You push me too far
Then you keep going 'till you break my heart
Yeah you break my heart
See I bleed and I bruise Oh, but what's it to you
I'm only human on the inside
And though looks may deceive Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside
Well I crash and I burn Maybe some day you'll learn
I'm only human on the inside
I stumble, I fall baby under it all
I'm only human on the inside
On the inside
And the damage is done
There's blood in these veins And I cry when in pain
I'm only human on the inside
And though looks may deceive Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside
Well I crash and I burn Maybe some day you'll learn
I'm only human on the inside
I stumble, I fall, baby I do it all
I'm only human on the inside
On the inside On the inside
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Human on the Inside Lyrics as written by Shelly Peiken Mark Christopher Mcentee
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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