"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.
The pieces that are showing lead to the unknowing
Pieces of our lives taking up our time
Is it always how it is? History insists
Everything we need to everything we see
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Carousel's around me and no one here has found me
And I don't think you saw the parts that only are
And I'm leaning on my instincts, guide me to the meaning
Everything you said, filling up my head
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Well, memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Now it's like I always saw it
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Pieces of our lives taking up our time
Is it always how it is? History insists
Everything we need to everything we see
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Carousel's around me and no one here has found me
And I don't think you saw the parts that only are
And I'm leaning on my instincts, guide me to the meaning
Everything you said, filling up my head
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Well, memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Now it's like I always saw it
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder
Memories only hurt you, they're taking over
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
Never lose, never lose
Before we go, we all should know that
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Wow, no comments? It's kind of an addicting song. I think it's about like, teenage love, maybe? "Let me on the inside, I'll be your shoulder" And that he wants the girl to open up to him, open up the past.