"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.
Look how the snow is falling,
it softens every step.
I hear the sirens wailing,
they haven't reached me yet.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
But if I could bring you back... I would.
They called me crazed.
I feel your heart inside me,
it beats for both of us.
Thank God I took it from the
long life of where it was.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
And I pushed it by,
it wont lie down.
The light falls on the table
illuminates my soul.
I read fantastic fables
and then I'm free to go.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
But if I could bring you back... I would.
They call me crazed.
They call me crazed. (3x)
They call me...
it softens every step.
I hear the sirens wailing,
they haven't reached me yet.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
But if I could bring you back... I would.
They called me crazed.
I feel your heart inside me,
it beats for both of us.
Thank God I took it from the
long life of where it was.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
And I pushed it by,
it wont lie down.
The light falls on the table
illuminates my soul.
I read fantastic fables
and then I'm free to go.
And as the body runs,
my conscience stands alone.
Of all the things I've done,
I know this one was wrong.
But if I could bring you back... I would.
They call me crazed.
They call me crazed. (3x)
They call me...
Lyrics submitted by starztwix
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you posted lyrics XD lol I have no clue... it has to do with killing