"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.
Remember when we thought we owned the night?
We cursed at all the squares with burning eyes
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Get up off the floor
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Walk out the door
What's left to cry for?
Don't waste your time no more
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets on them
The smell of roses in the summer night
Shared ideas flowed right with the wine
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Get up off the floor
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Walk out the door
What's left to cry for?
Don't waste your time no more
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets of them
My friend
My friend stands up straight
My friend
My friend is not afraid
So if this is goodbye
I love you, my friend
Please don't let them win
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets on you
We cursed at all the squares with burning eyes
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Get up off the floor
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Walk out the door
What's left to cry for?
Don't waste your time no more
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets on them
The smell of roses in the summer night
Shared ideas flowed right with the wine
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Get up off the floor
When your heart breaks
When your heart breaks
Walk out the door
What's left to cry for?
Don't waste your time no more
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets of them
My friend
My friend stands up straight
My friend
My friend is not afraid
So if this is goodbye
I love you, my friend
Please don't let them win
Oh, just take it slow
I can't close my eyes
Until the sunrise
Oh, finally alone
And I'm not waking up
Until the sun sets on you
Lyrics submitted by iceblink-luck
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