"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.
When I close my eyes the impressions of today fly by
I heard somewhere that you process what you learn in your sleep
I don't know
And I don't know if I'll ever know for sure
Cause insomnia struck me again tonight
Like every night
I put music on to soothe my head
But I just can't seem to get the volume right
It's either to high or too low
And my neighbours must've flushed their toilet 'bout a million times by now
I guess they haven't seen the commercial for anti-diarrhea pills on TV
And the hours go by
I am still not asleep
I don't know what to do
How will I get my sleep?
A moment of silence and I take a deep breath and exhale
But out of nowhere I can hear the charger for my cell-phone buzzing
I know it does it just to bug me
Just to mess with my mind
I pull the cover over my head just to try and shut it out
But it's too hot and I can't breathe
My feet and hands are boiling
It doesn't matter that I spread them out all over my bed
And for some reason I can hear my nose squeaking like a chew toy
I try to pull the nose hairs out but it only makes the squeaking worse
And the hours go by
And the hours go by
My body is itching
Hands and feet are boiling
Cell-phone charger's buzzing
Neighbours flushing flushing
Volume ever-changing
Thoughts are rearranging
Oh, tiny well-placed bleep
Will you ever get your sleep?
I heard somewhere that you process what you learn in your sleep
I don't know
And I don't know if I'll ever know for sure
Cause insomnia struck me again tonight
Like every night
I put music on to soothe my head
But I just can't seem to get the volume right
It's either to high or too low
And my neighbours must've flushed their toilet 'bout a million times by now
I guess they haven't seen the commercial for anti-diarrhea pills on TV
And the hours go by
I am still not asleep
I don't know what to do
How will I get my sleep?
A moment of silence and I take a deep breath and exhale
But out of nowhere I can hear the charger for my cell-phone buzzing
I know it does it just to bug me
Just to mess with my mind
I pull the cover over my head just to try and shut it out
But it's too hot and I can't breathe
My feet and hands are boiling
It doesn't matter that I spread them out all over my bed
And for some reason I can hear my nose squeaking like a chew toy
I try to pull the nose hairs out but it only makes the squeaking worse
And the hours go by
And the hours go by
My body is itching
Hands and feet are boiling
Cell-phone charger's buzzing
Neighbours flushing flushing
Volume ever-changing
Thoughts are rearranging
Oh, tiny well-placed bleep
Will you ever get your sleep?
Lyrics submitted by delial
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