"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.
where's my free drinks and midnight friend
let's ditch this party for your bed
you see her bed is like an ocean, i slowly drown into a catatonic motion
let's tie our scarfs head for the street
intoxicated our lips meet
i dont think we should do this, i cant do this
i said i know so let's just let it all go
too late to go slow i guess i make it obvious
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing i said i know i said i know
we're all skin and teeth she said
living paycheck to paycheck
i've got 8 dollars in my pocket for a down payment on this coffin
so i laughed and shooked it off while she undressed i sat and talk
i dont think we should do this i cant do this
i said i know so let's just let it all go
too late to go slow i guess i make it obvious
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing i said i know i said i know
My head my thoughts my eyes cant lie tonight
my head my thoughts my eyes cant lie cant lie
and this song i knew you'd find it doesnt help my state of mind
pplease dont turn off that bedside light tonight
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing
let's ditch this party for your bed
you see her bed is like an ocean, i slowly drown into a catatonic motion
let's tie our scarfs head for the street
intoxicated our lips meet
i dont think we should do this, i cant do this
i said i know so let's just let it all go
too late to go slow i guess i make it obvious
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing i said i know i said i know
we're all skin and teeth she said
living paycheck to paycheck
i've got 8 dollars in my pocket for a down payment on this coffin
so i laughed and shooked it off while she undressed i sat and talk
i dont think we should do this i cant do this
i said i know so let's just let it all go
too late to go slow i guess i make it obvious
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing i said i know i said i know
My head my thoughts my eyes cant lie tonight
my head my thoughts my eyes cant lie cant lie
and this song i knew you'd find it doesnt help my state of mind
pplease dont turn off that bedside light tonight
no one is leaving increase my heart rate and my breathing
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Xx & Xy Lyrics as written by Joel Andre Neufeld Dave James Grabowski
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