"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.
Light it up
A flash so thin
Through a sky so gray
Look away
Our faces turned
It's a plea to the ear
It's a walk to my hands
It's a fall to my feet
To find sympathy
Now you're lost in the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
In the dark, and nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Light this
Like a happy scene
Its a set
Its all it takes
To trick our eyes
And fabricate
Honest
Honest goodbyes
Now you're lost in the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
In the dark, and nowhere to be found
Our lives light up at times like these
At times
Our lives
Light up like cities in the night
At times
Our lives
Light up like cities in the night
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Like rivers
We splinter
You don't have to leave
Run away with me
A flash so thin
Through a sky so gray
Look away
Our faces turned
It's a plea to the ear
It's a walk to my hands
It's a fall to my feet
To find sympathy
Now you're lost in the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
In the dark, and nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Light this
Like a happy scene
Its a set
Its all it takes
To trick our eyes
And fabricate
Honest
Honest goodbyes
Now you're lost in the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
In the dark, and nowhere to be found
Our lives light up at times like these
At times
Our lives
Light up like cities in the night
At times
Our lives
Light up like cities in the night
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Like rivers
We splinter
You don't have to leave
Run away with me
Lyrics submitted by Mart2023
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