"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.
You can come and see me
But I don't glow in the dark
So you'll have to learn to use a little night vision
Then you must decide
Who resides in your heart
And baby I know it's not an easy decision
Oh
I-I went bananas, when I spoke with you on the telephone
I feel you lie telling me you're all alone
'Cos there's demons in you
And there's demons in me
Is it too dark for you to see?
Now you don't want to hear it
But it's time that you realise
That your eyes aren't being properly utilised
You can turn off the television
You can turn off the lights
But you can't hide from the darkness of your lies
Woah!
There is a lunatic who lives in the centre of your mind
He's eating you and leaving this insanity behind
And he's taking over you
And he's taking over me
I it too dark for you to see?
You can come and see me in the dark
(If you use night vision)
Don't need no fire and no spark
(If you use night vision)
Give this love a kick start
If you use night vision
Night vision!
Night vision!
Night vision!
Night vision!
In the land of the blind
The night vision users are laughing at the king
But you'd be surprised what you can see
When you shine your evil light on me
There we were
Just the two of us
Watching night fade into darkness
I was dying
Then you saved me
Brought me back
Just to say to me
Woah!
There are asteroids in the sky brighter than you ever will
There are humanoids that love money so much that they would kill
And it's taking over you
And it's taking over me
Is it too dark for you to see?
You can come and see me in the dark
(If you use night vision)
Don't need no fire and no spark
(If you use night vision)
Give this love a kick start
If you use night vision
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
But I don't glow in the dark
So you'll have to learn to use a little night vision
Then you must decide
Who resides in your heart
And baby I know it's not an easy decision
Oh
I-I went bananas, when I spoke with you on the telephone
I feel you lie telling me you're all alone
'Cos there's demons in you
And there's demons in me
Is it too dark for you to see?
Now you don't want to hear it
But it's time that you realise
That your eyes aren't being properly utilised
You can turn off the television
You can turn off the lights
But you can't hide from the darkness of your lies
Woah!
There is a lunatic who lives in the centre of your mind
He's eating you and leaving this insanity behind
And he's taking over you
And he's taking over me
I it too dark for you to see?
You can come and see me in the dark
(If you use night vision)
Don't need no fire and no spark
(If you use night vision)
Give this love a kick start
If you use night vision
Night vision!
Night vision!
Night vision!
Night vision!
In the land of the blind
The night vision users are laughing at the king
But you'd be surprised what you can see
When you shine your evil light on me
There we were
Just the two of us
Watching night fade into darkness
I was dying
Then you saved me
Brought me back
Just to say to me
Woah!
There are asteroids in the sky brighter than you ever will
There are humanoids that love money so much that they would kill
And it's taking over you
And it's taking over me
Is it too dark for you to see?
You can come and see me in the dark
(If you use night vision)
Don't need no fire and no spark
(If you use night vision)
Give this love a kick start
If you use night vision
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night vision!
Come and see me in the dark!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
Night Vision!
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Both time it says "[if you use night vision]" in brackets, I think the second time he really sings "[provisional vision]."