"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.
If it's good to complicate then both of us are doing fine
Just keep your eyes on your part and leave me alone to mine
If it's good to instigate we're a fast horse, bet on us
I'm not calling you an animal
I think we just fight too much
Come on, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
We're both aligned in frame of mind, but circumstance has got us good
And now you're seeing a side of me I wished no one ever would
Yeah, if it's right to pick a fight, we're fingers in a sugar bowl
Love isn't perfect
Even diamonds start out as coal
Come on, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal
Give it time girl, the fire feels divine
The sweetest things
They burn before they shine
We think way too much
Look at us losing touch
A promise is a promise until
Yeah, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal, oh
Just keep your eyes on your part and leave me alone to mine
If it's good to instigate we're a fast horse, bet on us
I'm not calling you an animal
I think we just fight too much
Come on, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
We're both aligned in frame of mind, but circumstance has got us good
And now you're seeing a side of me I wished no one ever would
Yeah, if it's right to pick a fight, we're fingers in a sugar bowl
Love isn't perfect
Even diamonds start out as coal
Come on, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal
Give it time girl, the fire feels divine
The sweetest things
They burn before they shine
We think way too much
Look at us losing touch
A promise is a promise until
Yeah, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal, oh
Lyrics submitted by bing_redboy
Diamonds and Coal Lyrics as written by Brandon Charles Boyd Benjamin Lee Kenney
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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