"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.
Oh, little did she know
Couldn't let me go
Already a part of her
So, often do I need
People in between
That just can't get a hold of it
So we'll just sing it for them
Ahh, yeah, we'll just sing it for them
(Just can't get a hold of it)
So we'll just sing it for them
Ahh, yeah, we'll just sing it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
Slow, leave walking to the world
Give your feet a chance
They'll do all the thinking
Toast high until they find
Less pathetic wine
Until they get a better blend
Then we'll just drink it for them
Ahh, yeah we'll just drink it for them
('Til they get a better blend)
So we'll just drink it for them
Ahh, yeah we'll just drink it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
Couldn't let me go
Already a part of her
So, often do I need
People in between
That just can't get a hold of it
So we'll just sing it for them
Ahh, yeah, we'll just sing it for them
(Just can't get a hold of it)
So we'll just sing it for them
Ahh, yeah, we'll just sing it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
Slow, leave walking to the world
Give your feet a chance
They'll do all the thinking
Toast high until they find
Less pathetic wine
Until they get a better blend
Then we'll just drink it for them
Ahh, yeah we'll just drink it for them
('Til they get a better blend)
So we'll just drink it for them
Ahh, yeah we'll just drink it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
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Pas de Cheval Lyrics as written by George Ross Brendon Urie
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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So, often do I need People in between That just can't get a hold of it
So we'll just sing it for them Ahhh Yeah, we'll just sing it for them (Just can't get a hold of it) So we'll just sing it for them Ahhh Yeah, we'll just sing it
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