"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.
How do I move on from here, when everything I lost
Is what I want?
These holes she left inside of me has become her memory's
Favorite place to haunt
How can the best I ever had
Hurt so bad, hurt so long
You know I'm not that strong
[Chorus]
Angel of Broken Hearts
Where on Earth are you tonight
Help me find a place to start
To get me over her
Maybe I mistreated love
Have I not suffered long enough?
Angel of Broken HeartsTake this pain away
Take this pain away
Some days I think that I've come through the worst of it
And I'm on the healin' side
And then she kicks up like a dust bowl wind and covers up my mind
I lose hours, I lose days in a haze of "used to be"s
And then I'm on my knees
[Chorus]
I paid with prayers, I paid with tears
And I'll probably for years
I could use a little mercy here
[Chorus]
Oh Angel
Come and take this pain
Is what I want?
These holes she left inside of me has become her memory's
Favorite place to haunt
How can the best I ever had
Hurt so bad, hurt so long
You know I'm not that strong
[Chorus]
Angel of Broken Hearts
Where on Earth are you tonight
Help me find a place to start
To get me over her
Maybe I mistreated love
Have I not suffered long enough?
Angel of Broken HeartsTake this pain away
Take this pain away
Some days I think that I've come through the worst of it
And I'm on the healin' side
And then she kicks up like a dust bowl wind and covers up my mind
I lose hours, I lose days in a haze of "used to be"s
And then I'm on my knees
[Chorus]
I paid with prayers, I paid with tears
And I'll probably for years
I could use a little mercy here
[Chorus]
Oh Angel
Come and take this pain
Lyrics submitted by nirvanachick420
Angel of Broken Hearts Lyrics as written by Liz Rose Austin Cunningham
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment
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