"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.
A new day arises
As the city sleeps
No compromising
No promises to keep
We stand on our own again
The rain falls hard
Revealing the memories
Ten years gone
The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
Visions overloading
Pulling me through time
Back to the moment
When I realized
That your demise
Could have been caused by my hand
Been through just about everything
But we're still here
We still have so much to prove
To ourselves
The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
There is so much left for us to do
Will you join me again?
I know I haven't been reliable in the past
You have had a hard time figuring me out
But I can promise you one thing
This journey's taught me to stand strong
Never again will I
Surrender my fears
Surrender my dreams
Surrender my soul
To the infection
As the city sleeps
No compromising
No promises to keep
We stand on our own again
The rain falls hard
Revealing the memories
Ten years gone
The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
Visions overloading
Pulling me through time
Back to the moment
When I realized
That your demise
Could have been caused by my hand
Been through just about everything
But we're still here
We still have so much to prove
To ourselves
The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
There is so much left for us to do
Will you join me again?
I know I haven't been reliable in the past
You have had a hard time figuring me out
But I can promise you one thing
This journey's taught me to stand strong
Never again will I
Surrender my fears
Surrender my dreams
Surrender my soul
To the infection
Lyrics submitted by Brujeria6SixSeis
Try to Survive Lyrics as written by Chris Spicuzza Andy Herrick
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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