"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.
If I sold this guitar and a piece of my heart for you
Would you hop on a bus and leave just because would you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus]
I used to be somebody else
I'm holding out for a good reason
People around me, they all seem to tell me that I tend to change like the seasons
I used to be somebody else
This dream that I chose is too big for us both it's true
It hurts me the most now I feel like a ghost around you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus]
If I sold this guitar and a piece of my heart for you
Would you hop on a bus and leave just because would you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus: x2]
I used to be somebody else
I used to be somebody else
Would you hop on a bus and leave just because would you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus]
I used to be somebody else
I'm holding out for a good reason
People around me, they all seem to tell me that I tend to change like the seasons
I used to be somebody else
This dream that I chose is too big for us both it's true
It hurts me the most now I feel like a ghost around you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus]
If I sold this guitar and a piece of my heart for you
Would you hop on a bus and leave just because would you
Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself
[Chorus: x2]
I used to be somebody else
I used to be somebody else
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Somebody Else Lyrics as written by Jason Dunn Daniel Biro
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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