"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.
When Im looking back and
I see the better men we've become,
Turn, look, smile, wave,
Face front beneath and run.
Have you seen our feet
Have you noticed we're wearing the shoes
Of the people we wanted to be.
Drive, scream, live, dream,
Try and see what I mean.
Well, I don't think you know it,
I don't think you've noticed.
Back down.
Because. You. Don't.
When im looking back and
I see the way, see the way we
waste, lazy, grin, lay back and sigh.
The clocks winding down
In the time that we have to
Do what we wanted to do with our live.
Sweet, blood, friends,
Love, best years almost done.
And I don't think you know it,
I don't think you've noticed.
She said "This dosen't mean much to me."
I say "This means the world to me."
He said "The world's what i want to see."
We'll all break free.
She said "I cant take much more of this."
I said "I'm thinking it's how I'll live"
He said "We're almost done with the list."
We'll all break free.
Well nineteen years
It wasn't be nearly enough
To do everything we could have done,
Everything we should have done,
And we're wasting preciuos minutes
Forget everything that this is fun.
You've seen the way, seen the way I deal with this.
I see the better men we've become,
Turn, look, smile, wave,
Face front beneath and run.
Have you seen our feet
Have you noticed we're wearing the shoes
Of the people we wanted to be.
Drive, scream, live, dream,
Try and see what I mean.
Well, I don't think you know it,
I don't think you've noticed.
Back down.
Because. You. Don't.
When im looking back and
I see the way, see the way we
waste, lazy, grin, lay back and sigh.
The clocks winding down
In the time that we have to
Do what we wanted to do with our live.
Sweet, blood, friends,
Love, best years almost done.
And I don't think you know it,
I don't think you've noticed.
She said "This dosen't mean much to me."
I say "This means the world to me."
He said "The world's what i want to see."
We'll all break free.
She said "I cant take much more of this."
I said "I'm thinking it's how I'll live"
He said "We're almost done with the list."
We'll all break free.
Well nineteen years
It wasn't be nearly enough
To do everything we could have done,
Everything we should have done,
And we're wasting preciuos minutes
Forget everything that this is fun.
You've seen the way, seen the way I deal with this.
Lyrics submitted by KeasbyKnights
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