"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.
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
When the power goes out
Like the moments you might shake yourself awake
From those horrible dreams
The only ones we never talk about
The glare of madness in grownups eyes
The rage that takes the whole room by surprise
This vicious trap, the male cultural disguise
Is the one we fight against
We go, we go, we go
The one we fight against
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
The sickness, the silence
As you hide in your room
Wishing so hard to forget you're alive
But you're alive
So the sight of broken things won't mean a pound of flesh
And time you speak up won't be repaid by fists
Praying not to be missed
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
This violence passes for an apology
The trickle down in our society
This is for the peace you never had
This is for the peace we never had
How do we guard the door against your dad?
We go, we go, we go
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
When the power goes out
Like the moments you might shake yourself awake
From those horrible dreams
The only ones we never talk about
The glare of madness in grownups eyes
The rage that takes the whole room by surprise
This vicious trap, the male cultural disguise
Is the one we fight against
We go, we go, we go
The one we fight against
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
The sickness, the silence
As you hide in your room
Wishing so hard to forget you're alive
But you're alive
So the sight of broken things won't mean a pound of flesh
And time you speak up won't be repaid by fists
Praying not to be missed
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
This violence passes for an apology
The trickle down in our society
This is for the peace you never had
This is for the peace we never had
How do we guard the door against your dad?
We go, we go, we go
The night you ran away
We go, we go, we go
So I'll write these words now
For you my friend here after all this time
We may never sing this one
It's just here as a light to help you
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
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i have a father that used to beat me. i never had anyone who spoke up for me. im a grown man now and it has made me a cold and unfeeling person. this song has alot of heart and i love the video. the video appears to have a diffrent meaning than the song almost which is fustrating and lot of bands do that. which doesnt make sense to me.