"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 found a reason to stay alive
Try a little harder see the other side
Talking to myself
Too many sleepless nights
Trying to find a meaning to this stupid life
I don't want your sympathy
Sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer
They just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first
Day of my life
So I found a reason
To let it go
Tell you that I'm smiling
But I still need to grow
Will I find salvation in the arms of love
Will it stop me searching will it be enough
I don't want your sympathy
Sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer but you just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first day of my life
The first time to really feel alive
The first time to break the chain
The first time to walk away from pain
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer we just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first day of your life
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer they just want more
Hey who's gonna shine alight?
This could be the first day of my life
Try a little harder see the other side
Talking to myself
Too many sleepless nights
Trying to find a meaning to this stupid life
I don't want your sympathy
Sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer
They just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first
Day of my life
So I found a reason
To let it go
Tell you that I'm smiling
But I still need to grow
Will I find salvation in the arms of love
Will it stop me searching will it be enough
I don't want your sympathy
Sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer but you just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first day of my life
The first time to really feel alive
The first time to break the chain
The first time to walk away from pain
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer we just want more
Hey who's gonna make it back
This could be the first day of your life
Hey what you're looking for
No one has the answer they just want more
Hey who's gonna shine alight?
This could be the first day of my life
Lyrics submitted by john_gjata
First Day of My Life Lyrics as written by Guy Chambers Enrique M Iglesias
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umm i guess is could be about sexual orientation but i really think not.. i think this song is about falling in love period..whether male or female.. or it could be about having a child.. why must people hate so much? whether she is a lesbian or not, the song is still beautiful and so is she.. maybe a jealousy thing on those above me :)