"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.
Ohhhh, ohhhh
Separate the wall
Separate the wall
Ohhhh, ohhhh
When the earth is mined
The water and the seas have all been wiped
To pave the way
Forced
Primed
To kick the very seeds from their heights
If I believed I would believe that you're the one they talk about
If I believed I would believe that you're the one they call upon
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
(Is there no end
Are we all in
I must let go...
Mindless
Hateful
There's no such thing as a free lunch
No such thing at all
(Is there no end
Are we all in
I must go...
When the earth is mined
The water and the seas have all been wiped
To pave the way
Forced
Primed
To kick the very seeds from their heights
If I believed, I would believe that you're the one they talk about
If I believed, I would believe that you're the one they call upon
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Why would they go through this again
Separate the world
Is there no other way)
Separate the world
Why would they go through this again
Separate the world
Is there no other way)
Separate the world
Separate the wall
Separate the wall
Ohhhh, ohhhh
When the earth is mined
The water and the seas have all been wiped
To pave the way
Forced
Primed
To kick the very seeds from their heights
If I believed I would believe that you're the one they talk about
If I believed I would believe that you're the one they call upon
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
(Is there no end
Are we all in
I must let go...
Mindless
Hateful
There's no such thing as a free lunch
No such thing at all
(Is there no end
Are we all in
I must go...
When the earth is mined
The water and the seas have all been wiped
To pave the way
Forced
Primed
To kick the very seeds from their heights
If I believed, I would believe that you're the one they talk about
If I believed, I would believe that you're the one they call upon
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Separate the world
Why would they go through this again
Separate the world
Is there no other way)
Separate the world
Why would they go through this again
Separate the world
Is there no other way)
Separate the world
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