"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.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there
Saving victims from the wreckage
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Copy all cats and acrobats,
I know you don?t play fair,
Slinging sickness through the atmosphere,
Without a care, without a care.
Drowning all dolls in concert halls,
The curtain hits the cast,
They parade like perfect ponies,
But it never lasts, it never lasts.
Sever all ties to satellites
That broadcast worthless words
You're extrapolating nonsense
And it really hurts, it really hurts.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there,
Saving victims from the wreckage,
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Suffer all teens on dramamine,
The coast is not yet clear,
Every continent has chaos,
And we need you here, we need you here.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart,
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart.
And everything just falls apart.
I hope that you?re still there
Saving victims from the wreckage
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Copy all cats and acrobats,
I know you don?t play fair,
Slinging sickness through the atmosphere,
Without a care, without a care.
Drowning all dolls in concert halls,
The curtain hits the cast,
They parade like perfect ponies,
But it never lasts, it never lasts.
Sever all ties to satellites
That broadcast worthless words
You're extrapolating nonsense
And it really hurts, it really hurts.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there,
Saving victims from the wreckage,
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Suffer all teens on dramamine,
The coast is not yet clear,
Every continent has chaos,
And we need you here, we need you here.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart,
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart.
And everything just falls apart.
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Calling all cops and auto parts I hope that you're still there Saving victims from the wreckage of The wild affairs Such wild affairs
Copy all cats and acrobats I know you don't play fair Singing sickness through the atmosphere Without a care Without a care
Dial all dolls and concert halls The curtain hits the cast They parade like perfect ponies But it never lasts It never lasts
Sever all ties to satellites That broadcast worthless words You're extrapolating nonsense and It really hurts It really hurts
When I'm awake I make the same mistakes they make
When I'm awake I can't escape
When I'm awake I make the same mistakes they make And everything just falls apart
Calling all cops and auto parts I hope that you're still there Saving victims from the wreckage of All wild affairs Such wild affairs
Toughen all teens and dramamine The coast is not yet clear Every continent has chaos and We need you here We need you here
When I'm awake I make the same mistakes they make
When I'm awake I can't escape
When I'm awake I make the same mistakes they make And everything just falls apart
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