"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.
Welcome to the rest of your own life
I feel like I'm falling apart
'Cause I'm back where I started and I
Can't fight the feelings
I'm watching the ceiling
Believing in one day you'll come home (home)
You'll come home (home)
And your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
So, take another look at you online
Feel like you're falling away
And I'm sorry to say
That I can't keep track of
These things that you give me
A reason
Believing in one day you'll come home (home)
You'll come home (home)
And your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
Your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas (you're gone)
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas (you're gone)
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
I feel like I'm falling apart
'Cause I'm back where I started and I
Can't fight the feelings
I'm watching the ceiling
Believing in one day you'll come home (home)
You'll come home (home)
And your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
So, take another look at you online
Feel like you're falling away
And I'm sorry to say
That I can't keep track of
These things that you give me
A reason
Believing in one day you'll come home (home)
You'll come home (home)
And your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
Your father's flying in tomorrow
Maybe you should take that call
Honestly, you're so uplifting
And hope that it can break your fall
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave (please)
It's Christmas (don't leave)
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas (you're gone)
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas (you're gone)
Please, don't leave
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
Christmas
And you're gone
Lyrics submitted by kharys
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