"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.
(Spare a little of your imagination)
(Spare a little of your imagination)
Hello hollow halo, hello (can you hear them say?)
Hollow halo (can you hear them calling?)
You'll never; you'll never leave this world alone
You'll never; you'll never leave this world alone
And I've become a martyr to the stars
Become a model to the same
Side that I've been fighting
I'm still afraid to crawl
(No more pointing fingers at mistakes)
I'm drowning like a saint
(I'm here in a reflection)
I'm still afraid to fall
How do you suppose, we can light the way to get us home
What you thought was lost, now found within
Feel this weight lift
No more pointing fingers at mistakes
And I'm here in a reflection
What a way to see this thing out
What a way to lay this burden down
What a way to sing this sorrow
What a way to send this one out
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
And all this leads to nothing
Still this world won't wait
Complicated nothings
Still this world won't wait
What a way to see this thing out
What a way to lay your burden down
What a way to signal tragedy
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
(Can you hear them say?)
Hello hollow halo
(Can you here them calling?)
(Still this world won't wait)
(Can you here them calling?)
(You can see all of this and watch it before your eyes
Everything owes its existence
Solely and completely to sound
Sound is a factor which holds it all together
Sound is the basis of form and shape
Spare a little of your imagination
And send it into the great voids of space
Came a sound, and matter took shape
Please watch carefully)
Sine waves and mirrors
Smoke that you inhale
Dry mouthing bitter tones
Better left unsaid
I know this will burn you
So I'll become the fire
These days will change us all
Don't you feel the same?
Don't you fear the same things?
Don't we feel the same?
Don't you fear at all?
But lately
Maybe the damage has been done
As we float away like embers
Beneath us the fire still it burns
And I don't, I don't know why
We question who we are and then we die
I guess, I'll see you when it ends
I'll see you round the bend
My sober sorry friend
Don't you feel the same
Don't we feel the same
(I guess I'll see you when it ends)
(I'll see you round the bend)
Don't you feel the same
(My sober sorry friend)
When we collide
Some say goodbye
Some save their words
Leaving no resolve
There's a break in the wall
You can feel it
It's letting us all escape
So people tell me you need
The waking day, to fall asleep
Light your way, find your place
In you
(Spare a little of your imagination)
Hello hollow halo, hello (can you hear them say?)
Hollow halo (can you hear them calling?)
You'll never; you'll never leave this world alone
You'll never; you'll never leave this world alone
And I've become a martyr to the stars
Become a model to the same
Side that I've been fighting
I'm still afraid to crawl
(No more pointing fingers at mistakes)
I'm drowning like a saint
(I'm here in a reflection)
I'm still afraid to fall
How do you suppose, we can light the way to get us home
What you thought was lost, now found within
Feel this weight lift
No more pointing fingers at mistakes
And I'm here in a reflection
What a way to see this thing out
What a way to lay this burden down
What a way to sing this sorrow
What a way to send this one out
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
And all this leads to nothing
Still this world won't wait
Complicated nothings
Still this world won't wait
What a way to see this thing out
What a way to lay your burden down
What a way to signal tragedy
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
Hello hollow halo
(Can you hear them say?)
Hello hollow halo
(Can you here them calling?)
(Still this world won't wait)
(Can you here them calling?)
(You can see all of this and watch it before your eyes
Everything owes its existence
Solely and completely to sound
Sound is a factor which holds it all together
Sound is the basis of form and shape
Spare a little of your imagination
And send it into the great voids of space
Came a sound, and matter took shape
Please watch carefully)
Sine waves and mirrors
Smoke that you inhale
Dry mouthing bitter tones
Better left unsaid
I know this will burn you
So I'll become the fire
These days will change us all
Don't you feel the same?
Don't you fear the same things?
Don't we feel the same?
Don't you fear at all?
But lately
Maybe the damage has been done
As we float away like embers
Beneath us the fire still it burns
And I don't, I don't know why
We question who we are and then we die
I guess, I'll see you when it ends
I'll see you round the bend
My sober sorry friend
Don't you feel the same
Don't we feel the same
(I guess I'll see you when it ends)
(I'll see you round the bend)
Don't you feel the same
(My sober sorry friend)
When we collide
Some say goodbye
Some save their words
Leaving no resolve
There's a break in the wall
You can feel it
It's letting us all escape
So people tell me you need
The waking day, to fall asleep
Light your way, find your place
In you
Lyrics submitted by sawyejr, edited by GChocoBis, NourSherif
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@cheepy Wow great interpretation, thank you!