"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.
I am the crook who robs me
I am my own adversary
I am my enemy
I am my enemy
And my mouth is an army
And when the night falls on me
I become anything but free
I get so sick of this
It gets ridiculous
My mouth is an army
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
And I'm so sorry, yeah
I am the tyrant of discourse
I am the beater of the dead horse
I am the irritant
I am the irritant
And my mouth is a brute force
Here we are in another night
Gearing up for a social accident
With a big crowd, I pick sides, I pick fights
My mouth is an army
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
I'm so sorry, yeah
Where will you find yourself without love?
Give love to someone else
Is that enough?
If love is to find yourself, are you finding love
Or are you picking sides?
The sound in my mouth gets so loud
Gets so loud
It gets so loud
Gets so loud
So loud
So loud
Gets so loud
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
I'm so sorry
I am my own adversary
I am my enemy
I am my enemy
And my mouth is an army
And when the night falls on me
I become anything but free
I get so sick of this
It gets ridiculous
My mouth is an army
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
And I'm so sorry, yeah
I am the tyrant of discourse
I am the beater of the dead horse
I am the irritant
I am the irritant
And my mouth is a brute force
Here we are in another night
Gearing up for a social accident
With a big crowd, I pick sides, I pick fights
My mouth is an army
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
I'm so sorry, yeah
Where will you find yourself without love?
Give love to someone else
Is that enough?
If love is to find yourself, are you finding love
Or are you picking sides?
The sound in my mouth gets so loud
Gets so loud
It gets so loud
Gets so loud
So loud
So loud
Gets so loud
The sound in my mouth, it gets so loud
It gets so loud
The little words can't slip out
Words like "sorry"
I'm so sorry
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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