"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.
What a pity that it is
The way to come back home
I tried to make a point
To sell the last of what I own
Well I can feel your breeze
Begin to choke my living soul
But I promise that its worth it
What a pity that it is
To write you in a song
I tried to make the words become the kingdom to your soul
No matter how I try its just a lyric nothing more
And it cant be worth it
What a pity that it is
To know that your alone
I tried to clean your place up, make it feel like you were home
No matter how I try, it's still a house on sand, you know
And I'm not really worth it
No I'm never really worth it
And its not really worth it
The way to come back home
I tried to make a point
To sell the last of what I own
Well I can feel your breeze
Begin to choke my living soul
But I promise that its worth it
What a pity that it is
To write you in a song
I tried to make the words become the kingdom to your soul
No matter how I try its just a lyric nothing more
And it cant be worth it
What a pity that it is
To know that your alone
I tried to clean your place up, make it feel like you were home
No matter how I try, it's still a house on sand, you know
And I'm not really worth it
No I'm never really worth it
And its not really worth it
Lyrics submitted by YourFavWeapon83, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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It's not
"No matter how I tried, still the house won't send you now"
It's:
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