"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.
Silence is with me again tonight
All alone yet with you by my side
Your mind's not here, it's with someone else
I don't know who it is but I can tell
So quiet you were
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I can take it, then you'll see
How I am, and where we stand
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
In your eyes, I see inside
Pretending not to hear what I just said
Doing your makeup, I'm distracting
Any excuse why you have to go
I see right through that, just so you know
So quiet you were
So quiet you were
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I can take it, then you'll see
How I am, and where we stand
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
In your eyes, I see inside
Questions you ignite
The flames have shone down bright
Nothing makes no sense anymore
Hide behind your face
It gives so much away
You don't make no sense anymore
Say to me, say to me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
All alone yet with you by my side
Your mind's not here, it's with someone else
I don't know who it is but I can tell
So quiet you were
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I can take it, then you'll see
How I am, and where we stand
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
In your eyes, I see inside
Pretending not to hear what I just said
Doing your makeup, I'm distracting
Any excuse why you have to go
I see right through that, just so you know
So quiet you were
So quiet you were
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I can take it, then you'll see
How I am, and where we stand
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
In your eyes, I see inside
Questions you ignite
The flames have shone down bright
Nothing makes no sense anymore
Hide behind your face
It gives so much away
You don't make no sense anymore
Say to me, say to me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Say what you want, I don't care if it hurts me
Say what you want, I don't care if it breaks me
Lyrics submitted by davyjackson
So Quiet You Were Lyrics as written by Josh Wilkinson James Matthews
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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