"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.
As I sit at this table
You run through my head
I just want you to listen
And hear things I have said
I know it aint much
But it comes from my heart
So if you hear what I’m saying
Why are you tearing me apart?
You can breathe
Wont you just make a sound
I’ve been searching for answers that are nowhere around
You can breathe
And make a sound for me
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
I seen his face through your eyes
It took light from my sky
Cause you were selfish and impaired
And didn't know that I was there
But I seen the way you kissed his lips
You hair moved with his finger tips
You help him close and closed your eyes
I wonder now how many times
You can breathe
Wont you just make a sound
I’ve been searching for answers that are no where around
You can breathe
And make a sound for me
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
This time it isn’t the same
and I wont take the blame
I’m so tired of believing
your lies are deceiving
These tears have stop falling
And I have stopped calling your name
There’s a story to tell and I wont help you sing it
You’ll be searching for help because ive stopped believing
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
You run through my head
I just want you to listen
And hear things I have said
I know it aint much
But it comes from my heart
So if you hear what I’m saying
Why are you tearing me apart?
You can breathe
Wont you just make a sound
I’ve been searching for answers that are nowhere around
You can breathe
And make a sound for me
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
I seen his face through your eyes
It took light from my sky
Cause you were selfish and impaired
And didn't know that I was there
But I seen the way you kissed his lips
You hair moved with his finger tips
You help him close and closed your eyes
I wonder now how many times
You can breathe
Wont you just make a sound
I’ve been searching for answers that are no where around
You can breathe
And make a sound for me
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
There's a story to tell
And I’ll help you to sing it
You were searching for help
I was right here believing
Your time hasn't come to its end yet
No your time hasn't come to its end yet
This time it isn’t the same
and I wont take the blame
I’m so tired of believing
your lies are deceiving
These tears have stop falling
And I have stopped calling your name
There’s a story to tell and I wont help you sing it
You’ll be searching for help because ive stopped believing
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
Your time has now come to its end yea
Yea your time has now come to its end yea.
Lyrics submitted by robs99
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