"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.
You tell me that you need me and I need you
I'm scared to be alone here, wondering if I'll get there
Or if I'll fail like I always do
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won?t do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
You ask me for an answer and I tell you
I really can't go on here wishing we were done
So I don't have to deal with you
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won't do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
And I'm ok with not getting better
And I'm ok with leaving us behind
But I won't stay and suffer here forever
And I won't say what isn't on my mind
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won?t do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
I'm scared to be alone here, wondering if I'll get there
Or if I'll fail like I always do
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won?t do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
You ask me for an answer and I tell you
I really can't go on here wishing we were done
So I don't have to deal with you
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won't do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
And I'm ok with not getting better
And I'm ok with leaving us behind
But I won't stay and suffer here forever
And I won't say what isn't on my mind
I'm doing my best to deal with the pain
Saying I'm sorry won?t do a damn thing anyway
And it's not right that I take the blame
Sometimes sorry, I'm sorry, is the wrong thing to say
Lyrics submitted by hayleyxjordan
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