"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.
I burn for you every time I hear your name
When I think I see your face, I know, it must be madness
I feel the sting striking at me like a match
Anything to bring you back if only for a moment
I can feel your slow burn growing in me
Everywhere I go, you're right there with me holding on, ever long
Wish I could forget I could not remember
All I have left is the ash and embers
Permanent, smoldering
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll
Never let me down and never go out
I fall apart like paper put to flame
The life we had reduce to ashes right before us
Every hurtful word, burned into my side
Much to hard to speak, scarred to deep to hide
I can feel your slow burn growing in me
Everywhere I go, you're right there with me holding on, ever long
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll never let me down
And never go out, my slow burn, burning me down
I walk the fire, I feed the flame
I'd walk the fire, I'd feel your flame
I'd walk the fire, I'd feel your flame, feel your flame
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
And I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, lay with me forever
Our light it shines forever, never fades away
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll never let me down
Please never go out, my slow burn, burning me down
When I think I see your face, I know, it must be madness
I feel the sting striking at me like a match
Anything to bring you back if only for a moment
I can feel your slow burn growing in me
Everywhere I go, you're right there with me holding on, ever long
Wish I could forget I could not remember
All I have left is the ash and embers
Permanent, smoldering
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll
Never let me down and never go out
I fall apart like paper put to flame
The life we had reduce to ashes right before us
Every hurtful word, burned into my side
Much to hard to speak, scarred to deep to hide
I can feel your slow burn growing in me
Everywhere I go, you're right there with me holding on, ever long
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll never let me down
And never go out, my slow burn, burning me down
I walk the fire, I feed the flame
I'd walk the fire, I'd feel your flame
I'd walk the fire, I'd feel your flame, feel your flame
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
And I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, lay with me forever
Our light it shines forever, never fades away
Just like a slow burn, stay with me forever
I can't let you ever fade away
Just like a slow burn, say you'll never let me down
Please never go out, my slow burn, burning me down
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Slow Burn Lyrics as written by Johnny Andrews Eicca Toppinen
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Hipgnosis Songs Group
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