"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 you think you've been through it all
But I can't help but wonder now
Yesterday I found my worst regret
I'll hide it away so no one ever knows
I'm dying...
I'm trying to leave
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I never meant to say I'm sorry
And I'm not sad to see you go
Where human shapes burned on concrete walls
These days the sun don't shine here anymore
(I find it pulling at me)
I'm dying...
(A sea of troubles drowning)
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I'm trying to leave
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I love the way you breathe inside my head
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I love the way you breathe inside my head
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
(I find it pulling at me, A sea of troubles drowning)
Every now and then I feel the end of us
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I love the way you breathe inside my head
(I find it pulling at me, A sea of troubles drowning)
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I'm barely holding on
I'm barely holding on
But I can't help but wonder now
Yesterday I found my worst regret
I'll hide it away so no one ever knows
I'm dying...
I'm trying to leave
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I never meant to say I'm sorry
And I'm not sad to see you go
Where human shapes burned on concrete walls
These days the sun don't shine here anymore
(I find it pulling at me)
I'm dying...
(A sea of troubles drowning)
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I'm trying to leave
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I love the way you breathe inside my head
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
Every now and then I feel the end of us
I love the way you breathe inside my head
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on
(I find it pulling at me, A sea of troubles drowning)
Every now and then I feel the end of us
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I love the way you breathe inside my head
(I find it pulling at me, A sea of troubles drowning)
But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
(It's such a shame to feel you drifting)
I'm barely holding on
I'm barely holding on
Lyrics submitted by AbsolutionAgent_gMs, edited by landre01, Raendan
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So you think you've been through it all But I can't help but wonder now Yesterday I found my worst regret I'll hide it away so no one ever knows
I'm dying... I'm trying to leave
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on Every now and then I feel the end of us
I never meant to say I'm sorry And I'm not sad to see you go away Where human shapes burned on concrete walls These days the sun don't shine here anymore
I'm dying... (I find it motivating to see your troubles drowning) I'm trying to leave (It's such a shame to feel I'm drifting)
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on Every now and then I feel the end of us I love the way you breathe inside my head But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on
Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on Every now and then I feel the end of us I love the way you breathe inside my head But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on Let me slip away, I'm barely holding on (I find it motivating to see your troubles drowning) Every now and then I feel the end of us (It's such a shame to feel I'm drifting) I love the way you breathe inside my head (I find it motivating to see your troubles drowning) But something's gotta change, I'm barely holding on (It's such a shame to feel I'm drifting)
I'm barely holding on I'm barely holding on