"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.
Just like a rescue of a stray dog in the rain I was
Hungry when you found me
And you could tell by my tail and my rib cage what was
Once around me
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
Bless your heart you gave me a home and a new start
And I will leave you never
Sleep at your feet and stay guard at you're front door
I will keep things together
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
I killed myself, threw away my mental health but nobody was blinking an eye
Backyard, basement, falling on the pavement
Nothing left to say but goodbye
Nothing left to say but goodbye
It's true I ran away before but be sure
I am no tail-chaser
I know a good thing when it throws me a bone
I'm you're best friend forever
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
Hungry when you found me
And you could tell by my tail and my rib cage what was
Once around me
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
Bless your heart you gave me a home and a new start
And I will leave you never
Sleep at your feet and stay guard at you're front door
I will keep things together
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
I killed myself, threw away my mental health but nobody was blinking an eye
Backyard, basement, falling on the pavement
Nothing left to say but goodbye
Nothing left to say but goodbye
It's true I ran away before but be sure
I am no tail-chaser
I know a good thing when it throws me a bone
I'm you're best friend forever
I've been chased by a rain cloud
I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around
But now I'm found and I won't run away
Lyrics submitted by Salival666
Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye Lyrics as written by Chris Cornell Timothy Commerford
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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