"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.
Apathy is the first form of flattery
We learn to take it slow
My sympathy reflects on the fact that he helps you to know
That we are meant for better things
For now the best is in your soul
Relax the pressure in your heart
You know you have control
When it's time talk, well I am never one to walk away
Oh please take me home
Be mine is what I always say
For now I'll simply turn away, not lead you on
Heaven sent a comet but it turned into a rocket
And you blew me away.
A hundred pieces later and the love is only greater
Oh what can I say?
All we made among us, fell along with your trust
Happily I sit in your company and smile like it's ok
Inside I'm turning and hopelessly yearning to tell you today
Fear of fiction tells the crime
I hope you take it all down right
Dreams wasted and dismay
You live to fight the tears away
When it's time talk, well I am never one to walk away
Oh please take me home
Be mine is what I always say
For now I'll simply turn away, not lead you on
Heaven sent a comet but it turned into a rocket
And you blew me away.
A hundred pieces later and the love is only greater
Oh what can I say?
Apathy is the first form of flattery
We learn to take it slow
My sympathy reflects on the fact that he helps you to know
Fear of fiction tells the crime
I hope you take it all down right
Dreams wasted and dismay
You live to fight the tears away
All we made among us, fell along with your trust
We learn to take it slow
My sympathy reflects on the fact that he helps you to know
That we are meant for better things
For now the best is in your soul
Relax the pressure in your heart
You know you have control
When it's time talk, well I am never one to walk away
Oh please take me home
Be mine is what I always say
For now I'll simply turn away, not lead you on
Heaven sent a comet but it turned into a rocket
And you blew me away.
A hundred pieces later and the love is only greater
Oh what can I say?
All we made among us, fell along with your trust
Happily I sit in your company and smile like it's ok
Inside I'm turning and hopelessly yearning to tell you today
Fear of fiction tells the crime
I hope you take it all down right
Dreams wasted and dismay
You live to fight the tears away
When it's time talk, well I am never one to walk away
Oh please take me home
Be mine is what I always say
For now I'll simply turn away, not lead you on
Heaven sent a comet but it turned into a rocket
And you blew me away.
A hundred pieces later and the love is only greater
Oh what can I say?
Apathy is the first form of flattery
We learn to take it slow
My sympathy reflects on the fact that he helps you to know
Fear of fiction tells the crime
I hope you take it all down right
Dreams wasted and dismay
You live to fight the tears away
All we made among us, fell along with your trust
Lyrics submitted by JoeBrady
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