"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.
i've been bending puzzle pieces for far too long it seems... i keep mixed tapes to remember old friends 'cause they don't need me.. i bent the front to the sides now it's time to decide just how far this can slide.. will it pass you when you're walking, oh? (this song will pass you when you're walking by me)
we're searching aimlessly and climbing through the clutter/ losing breath and sleep we're stuttering "i can't hear it know... i can't feel it now". every second that we waste we're searching on these streets...
ohhhh just where do we go from here? cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
i dont know? where do we go from here? 'cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
this is the part where we stop believing.. this is the part where we start retreating back to what we thought we knew before.. have we lost it all? this is the smell of the candles burning.. just turn the page cause the calendars turning faster than you knew the time could go.. can you take it slow?
we're searching aimlessly and climbing through the clutter/ losing breath and sleep we're stuttering "i can't hear it know... i can't feel it now". every second that we waste we're searching on these streets...
ohhhh just where do we go from here? (where do we go from here?) cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
i dont know? where do we go from here? (where do we go from here?) 'cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
the ticking time line turning.. the salvaged bridges that we're burning.. i always lose my good intentions when you're gone (when you're gone)
i'm stuck inside the scenic lonely antics that i'm seeing... will we sail into the storm with open arms? can we take it slow? can we take it slow?
where will i be in 10 years from now, will my mind keep playing on this cheap guitar? where will i be? what will i see when i'm setting all my scenes in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold?
(repeat)
(repeat with chorus)
where will i be in 10 years from now, will my mind keep playing on this cheap guitar? where will i be? what will i see when i'm setting all my scenes in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold?
in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold..
we're searching aimlessly and climbing through the clutter/ losing breath and sleep we're stuttering "i can't hear it know... i can't feel it now". every second that we waste we're searching on these streets...
ohhhh just where do we go from here? cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
i dont know? where do we go from here? 'cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
this is the part where we stop believing.. this is the part where we start retreating back to what we thought we knew before.. have we lost it all? this is the smell of the candles burning.. just turn the page cause the calendars turning faster than you knew the time could go.. can you take it slow?
we're searching aimlessly and climbing through the clutter/ losing breath and sleep we're stuttering "i can't hear it know... i can't feel it now". every second that we waste we're searching on these streets...
ohhhh just where do we go from here? (where do we go from here?) cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
i dont know? where do we go from here? (where do we go from here?) 'cause i swear we've been on this same road before..
the ticking time line turning.. the salvaged bridges that we're burning.. i always lose my good intentions when you're gone (when you're gone)
i'm stuck inside the scenic lonely antics that i'm seeing... will we sail into the storm with open arms? can we take it slow? can we take it slow?
where will i be in 10 years from now, will my mind keep playing on this cheap guitar? where will i be? what will i see when i'm setting all my scenes in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold?
(repeat)
(repeat with chorus)
where will i be in 10 years from now, will my mind keep playing on this cheap guitar? where will i be? what will i see when i'm setting all my scenes in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold?
in an empty phone booth waiting in the cold..
Lyrics submitted by imthelead
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