"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.
My point of reference makes me afraid to begin convincing
But you might as well just change your name
'Cause I only recognize this shadow
Kinda blackened superhero with nobody's best interests in mind
Now there's blood in the water, that heart bleeds from this stone here
And we turned into our cheap wine
And I swallowed every drop, yes, I could feel my stomach rot
And you were so supportive as I drank through the pain
[Chorus: ]
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand. (Whoa-oh whoa-oh [x2])
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah. (Whoa-oh whoa-oh [x2])
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place, in vein
Dove off that east side platform, jack-knifed a bone dry floor
One broken ankle save my name
And this eraser burn, I dig in deep at every turn
It keeps getting darker and the fear stays the same
[Chorus: ]
(Whoa-oh whoa-oh, Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh [x2])
I don't wanna take, I don't wanna take this place, no
I don't want to take, I don't wanna take this place, no
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no
[Chorus: ]
But you might as well just change your name
'Cause I only recognize this shadow
Kinda blackened superhero with nobody's best interests in mind
Now there's blood in the water, that heart bleeds from this stone here
And we turned into our cheap wine
And I swallowed every drop, yes, I could feel my stomach rot
And you were so supportive as I drank through the pain
[Chorus: ]
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand. (Whoa-oh whoa-oh [x2])
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah. (Whoa-oh whoa-oh [x2])
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place, in vein
Dove off that east side platform, jack-knifed a bone dry floor
One broken ankle save my name
And this eraser burn, I dig in deep at every turn
It keeps getting darker and the fear stays the same
[Chorus: ]
(Whoa-oh whoa-oh, Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh [x2])
I don't wanna take, I don't wanna take this place, no
I don't want to take, I don't wanna take this place, no
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no
[Chorus: ]
Lyrics submitted by simon_quine, edited by Alkaline_Injection
In Vein Lyrics as written by Derek Grant Daniel Andriano
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