"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.
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
The end will never come
There's still a mountain left to climb
But we will overcome the hurdles placed inside our minds
(So close, but still so far)
Each day will bring us a brand new stars
(What are we fighting for)
We cannot live like this no more
'Cause in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
Just need some clarity, can't seem to open up these eyes
For what your sympathy it took me time to realize
(This is not what I want)
Or how I thought this life would be
(This is not what we wanted)
So take this shit away from me
'Cause in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
I guess what's done is done
But we will overcome
We could blame the world forever
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
'Cause in the thick of darkened days
We know
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
The end will never come
There's still a mountain left to climb
But we will overcome the hurdles placed inside our minds
(So close, but still so far)
Each day will bring us a brand new stars
(What are we fighting for)
We cannot live like this no more
'Cause in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
Just need some clarity, can't seem to open up these eyes
For what your sympathy it took me time to realize
(This is not what I want)
Or how I thought this life would be
(This is not what we wanted)
So take this shit away from me
'Cause in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
I guess what's done is done
But we will overcome
We could blame the world forever
We could blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out, or are we breaking down
We can't blame this world forever (This world forever)
'Cause in the thick of darkened days
We know
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
Breaking Out, Breaking Down Lyrics as written by Jason James Don Gilmore
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We could blame the world forever We could just escape together So are we breaking out or are we breaking down? We can't blame this world forever (This world forever!)
The end will never come, There's still a mountain left to climb But we will overcome the hurdles that's place inside our mind (So close but so far) Each day will bring us brand new scars (What are we fighting for?) We cannot hurt like this no more
Cause' in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever We could just escape together So are we breaking out or are we breaking down? We can't blame this world forever (This world forever!)
Just need some clarity, can't seem to open up these eyes Don't want your sympathy, it took me time to realize (This is not what I want) Oh, how I thought this life would be (This is not what we need) So take this shit away from me
Cause' in the thick of darkened days, we know
We could blame the world forever We could just escape together So are we breaking out or are we breaking down? We can't blame this world forever (This world forever!)
Wooooah, so are we breaking out? Wooooah, or are we breaking down? I guess what's done is done But we will overcome We could blame this world forever
We could blame the world forever We could just escape together So are we breaking out or are we breaking down? We can't blame this world forever
Cause' in the thick of darkened days, we know