"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.
Down on video street
Night hearts beat
Where the fever's burning on
So come on
Just be my sis
One last kiss
Cause our lips are made with glass
They're ready to broadcast rebel trash
But if you wait too long
Keep telling yourself
That moment has already passed
You're gonna miss that song
You might never meet that girl
Then you blink oh
And that night is over too fast
You're making love to the past
Kid, the love that we got
The light we're on
Burns bright tonight, come on
We belong to something we feel
But we never can see
Do you know that we're always free?
That's how we're supposed to be
But if you wait too long
Keep telling yourself
That moment has already passed
You might miss that song
You may never meet that girl
Then you blink oh
And that night is over too fast
Well don't you want it to last?
Oh the sun is going down
The night is coming round
There ain't a single sight nor sound
And oh the feeling's coming on
The city lights are gone
The fever's gonna stay till dawn
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, oh
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Will you ever have enough?
Night hearts beat
Where the fever's burning on
So come on
Just be my sis
One last kiss
Cause our lips are made with glass
They're ready to broadcast rebel trash
But if you wait too long
Keep telling yourself
That moment has already passed
You're gonna miss that song
You might never meet that girl
Then you blink oh
And that night is over too fast
You're making love to the past
Kid, the love that we got
The light we're on
Burns bright tonight, come on
We belong to something we feel
But we never can see
Do you know that we're always free?
That's how we're supposed to be
But if you wait too long
Keep telling yourself
That moment has already passed
You might miss that song
You may never meet that girl
Then you blink oh
And that night is over too fast
Well don't you want it to last?
Oh the sun is going down
The night is coming round
There ain't a single sight nor sound
And oh the feeling's coming on
The city lights are gone
The fever's gonna stay till dawn
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, oh
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Have you ever had enough?
Do you love her?
Do you wonder
Why the star ship shines above?
Do you love her?
Do you want her?
Will you ever have enough?
Lyrics submitted by tinydancer212
Dark Trance Lyrics as written by Scott Charles Wells Paul Matthew Sprangers
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
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