"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.
I've always wondered what it's like
To travel through dimensions
I heard It takes a lot of energy
So I can't take the tension
I see the neon and pastel alike
I can't really tell the difference
When it's the same calming color
I always fall into submission
Can't you see it gleaming
I can always tell because I'm hearing
Up and the down the floor Purple
Can't take it anymore it's Purple
There's no need to lie
No need to say goodbye
Always watching the signs
It's okay to cry
I hear my voice echoing
Taking time to listen it's exhilarating
My reflection doesn't define who I am
Cause when I look in the mirror I finally understand
Breaking through the walls
Purple
Up and down the halls it's
Purple
In between my eyes
There are no more lies
No way out besides
It's okay to cry
To travel through dimensions
I heard It takes a lot of energy
So I can't take the tension
I see the neon and pastel alike
I can't really tell the difference
When it's the same calming color
I always fall into submission
Can't you see it gleaming
I can always tell because I'm hearing
Up and the down the floor Purple
Can't take it anymore it's Purple
There's no need to lie
No need to say goodbye
Always watching the signs
It's okay to cry
I hear my voice echoing
Taking time to listen it's exhilarating
My reflection doesn't define who I am
Cause when I look in the mirror I finally understand
Breaking through the walls
Purple
Up and down the halls it's
Purple
In between my eyes
There are no more lies
No way out besides
It's okay to cry
Lyrics submitted by graveyard roses
Purple Lyrics as written by Nadja Douoning
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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