"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.
A second chance
Take a life
Another mission
To steal a kiss from borrowed lips
I taste your prison
It feels like a lifetime
Of leaving bodies on the sidelines
I swear to God girl you're never gonna regret this
Close your eyes this will only take a second
These veins are borrowed
This heart only beats for you
1, 2, 3, 4
Their shells disposable
Oh so expendable
Shut it, shut it
Shut it, shut it
Out of your pretty mind
They never cared for you
Here's our shot to insight a revolution
They don't deserve to live
We are our their evolution
These veins are borrowed
This shell is borrowed
A new life after death
It's fucking perfect
Don't you fear
They'll never hurt you darling
These veins are borrowed
This shell is borrowed
1, 2, 3, 4
Their shells disposable
Oh so expendable
Shut it, shut it
Shut it, shut it
Out of your pretty mind
How could you shed a tear?
Don't worry old girl
Dry the tears from your eyes
Something better is bound to come around sometime
Let's go
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
These lungs are empty
And these eyes are blind
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
But I'm here
This heart is yours
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
These lungs are empty
And these eyes are blind
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
But I'm here
This heart is yours
Our love never dies
Take a life
Another mission
To steal a kiss from borrowed lips
I taste your prison
It feels like a lifetime
Of leaving bodies on the sidelines
I swear to God girl you're never gonna regret this
Close your eyes this will only take a second
These veins are borrowed
This heart only beats for you
1, 2, 3, 4
Their shells disposable
Oh so expendable
Shut it, shut it
Shut it, shut it
Out of your pretty mind
They never cared for you
Here's our shot to insight a revolution
They don't deserve to live
We are our their evolution
These veins are borrowed
This shell is borrowed
A new life after death
It's fucking perfect
Don't you fear
They'll never hurt you darling
These veins are borrowed
This shell is borrowed
1, 2, 3, 4
Their shells disposable
Oh so expendable
Shut it, shut it
Shut it, shut it
Out of your pretty mind
How could you shed a tear?
Don't worry old girl
Dry the tears from your eyes
Something better is bound to come around sometime
Let's go
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
These lungs are empty
And these eyes are blind
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
But I'm here
This heart is yours
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
These lungs are empty
And these eyes are blind
This face means nothing
These hands hold nothing
But I'm here
This heart is yours
Our love never dies
Lyrics submitted by alexalexnavajo, edited by SmashingDestiny
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yer i saw that it went totally bad near the end lol thanx to whoever put this on you kick ass! best song ever!