"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.
epically forgotten
wearing next to nothing
the lights keep telling you otherwise
you made it this far
but beginnings don't tell the truth
your best friends are the worst liars
so i'll be waiting for the encore
give it your all, they're all watching now
collapsed, repeated, beat down, decieted
it's the middle of the night where are you?
and i can't say i'm too suprised
if it's nevermore then go to hell
i'll see you when i get there, on the other side
of what was never meant to be
[chorus]
do his lips taste sweet like wine?
and does he kiss you in the middle of the night?
when your voice gone from all those shots
pretty's just a point in time
i hope the memory of the lies you keep
haunts you til you die
so i'll be waiting for your "i'm so
sorry this is not the way i meant to be,
it's just that sometimes it's hard for me to sleep or even tell if i'm alive
well welcome to the real word
your television's nice but only tells you lies
yeah the grass is green but there is no other side
[chorus]
and you can count the days all you want
but they're never gonna add up
your life isn't a problem
you just don't know how to live it right
do his lips taste sweet like wine?
and does he kiss you in the middle of the night?
and when you wake up do you think of the ways we used to be
oh do you even smile anymore
so i'll be waiting for the encore
give it your all, they're all watching now
collapsed, repeated, beat down, decieted
it's the middle of the night where are you?
and i can't say i'm too suprised
if it's nevermore then go to hell
i'll see you when i get there, on the other side
of what was never meant to be
wearing next to nothing
the lights keep telling you otherwise
you made it this far
but beginnings don't tell the truth
your best friends are the worst liars
so i'll be waiting for the encore
give it your all, they're all watching now
collapsed, repeated, beat down, decieted
it's the middle of the night where are you?
and i can't say i'm too suprised
if it's nevermore then go to hell
i'll see you when i get there, on the other side
of what was never meant to be
[chorus]
do his lips taste sweet like wine?
and does he kiss you in the middle of the night?
when your voice gone from all those shots
pretty's just a point in time
i hope the memory of the lies you keep
haunts you til you die
so i'll be waiting for your "i'm so
sorry this is not the way i meant to be,
it's just that sometimes it's hard for me to sleep or even tell if i'm alive
well welcome to the real word
your television's nice but only tells you lies
yeah the grass is green but there is no other side
[chorus]
and you can count the days all you want
but they're never gonna add up
your life isn't a problem
you just don't know how to live it right
do his lips taste sweet like wine?
and does he kiss you in the middle of the night?
and when you wake up do you think of the ways we used to be
oh do you even smile anymore
so i'll be waiting for the encore
give it your all, they're all watching now
collapsed, repeated, beat down, decieted
it's the middle of the night where are you?
and i can't say i'm too suprised
if it's nevermore then go to hell
i'll see you when i get there, on the other side
of what was never meant to be
Lyrics submitted by rstein
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