"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.
To everything in life that has an end
I hope youve made the best of your time
With the ones who matter most, the ones who care
Your little world thats hard to just fit in
You're searching for your place amongst your friends
Though it seems that everyone
Will hide behind this game
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage, I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
You dont have to be like them
So nows the time to take a look around
I hope you see the world done inside out
Its not a perfect life that we all live in (that we all live in)
You always seem to put yourself ahead
You never looked at yourself like we did
Now it seems that everyone has turned on you again
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage, I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
(You dont have to be like them)
I don't wanna be there
You're just another programme
You're running out of reasons
To say youre wrong
[x2]
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong
Back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage
I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
I know you'll never be like them
..
I tried to make you see
That you were all I need
I'd change my ways for you
Our lives look only true
In time you'd make me see
That you were there for me
I'd give my best for you
I'd give my life for you
I hope youve made the best of your time
With the ones who matter most, the ones who care
Your little world thats hard to just fit in
You're searching for your place amongst your friends
Though it seems that everyone
Will hide behind this game
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage, I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
You dont have to be like them
So nows the time to take a look around
I hope you see the world done inside out
Its not a perfect life that we all live in (that we all live in)
You always seem to put yourself ahead
You never looked at yourself like we did
Now it seems that everyone has turned on you again
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage, I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
(You dont have to be like them)
I don't wanna be there
You're just another programme
You're running out of reasons
To say youre wrong
[x2]
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
Its all for you all I've done I'd do again
From deep inside all my life I'm living in
From right to wrong
Back to right to wrong again
Its just a stage
I'll play it out, its script to this
From being true to being used is how we live
But you dont have to be like them
I know you'll never be like them
..
I tried to make you see
That you were all I need
I'd change my ways for you
Our lives look only true
In time you'd make me see
That you were there for me
I'd give my best for you
I'd give my life for you
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