"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.
Here I am at home again
This rainy avenue
Put me in my proper place
I'm not the one for you
But you're here now
Can you come in
It's freezing
I found a way to blur your face
And smear the words you said
You made me feel alive again
I wish we'd never met
But you're here now
Can you come in
I'm freezing
[Chorus]
I finally let go
And learned to live without you
After all those weeks alone
But now you're back for more
I'm trying to fight it off
But there's a mutiny below
There were nights when I was sure
Your love was all I had
Pining at the door you left through
God it hurt so bad
But you're here now
You're making eyes
I'm breaking
[Chorus]
I finally let go
But there's a mutiny below
Just one more night
You ask so tenderly
A softer side
I'd longed so longed to see, yeah
So long
You slip inside
We'll work it out
Tomorrow
[Chorus]
I finally let go (I can't)
I'm trying to fight it off (Live without you)
But there's a mutiny
If I'm left by myself
I can't hang on
Let me go
This rainy avenue
Put me in my proper place
I'm not the one for you
But you're here now
Can you come in
It's freezing
I found a way to blur your face
And smear the words you said
You made me feel alive again
I wish we'd never met
But you're here now
Can you come in
I'm freezing
[Chorus]
I finally let go
And learned to live without you
After all those weeks alone
But now you're back for more
I'm trying to fight it off
But there's a mutiny below
There were nights when I was sure
Your love was all I had
Pining at the door you left through
God it hurt so bad
But you're here now
You're making eyes
I'm breaking
[Chorus]
I finally let go
But there's a mutiny below
Just one more night
You ask so tenderly
A softer side
I'd longed so longed to see, yeah
So long
You slip inside
We'll work it out
Tomorrow
[Chorus]
I finally let go (I can't)
I'm trying to fight it off (Live without you)
But there's a mutiny
If I'm left by myself
I can't hang on
Let me go
Lyrics submitted by risefromtheashes
Mutiny Below Lyrics as written by Marshall Fanciullo Andrew Volpe
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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