"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.
Take a look around you, consequence surrounds you
I would cross my heart and hope to die
You should thank your lucky stars and count your fading scars
'Cause no one said you had to live a lie
Too late, my friend, it's over, memories broken
Nice to know you, guess that means this is goodbye
Days will come and go by, you will never know why
You're the victim of your own denial
You took the vow of contradiction bound by lies and fiction
Holding on to nothing all the while
Too late my friend, it's over, memories broken
Nice to know you, guess that means this is goodbye
This is goodbye, so nice to know ya
Time has come and gone, this is goodbye
This is goodbye, so nice to know ya
Time has come and gone, this is goodbye
I would cross my heart and hope to die
You should thank your lucky stars and count your fading scars
'Cause no one said you had to live a lie
Too late, my friend, it's over, memories broken
Nice to know you, guess that means this is goodbye
Days will come and go by, you will never know why
You're the victim of your own denial
You took the vow of contradiction bound by lies and fiction
Holding on to nothing all the while
Too late my friend, it's over, memories broken
Nice to know you, guess that means this is goodbye
This is goodbye, so nice to know ya
Time has come and gone, this is goodbye
This is goodbye, so nice to know ya
Time has come and gone, this is goodbye
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This Is Goodbye Lyrics as written by Deryck Whibley
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@himynameismark truuuue
I think this song is about friends who don't like each other anymore. Maybe from something one friend has done that the other friend doesn't like.