"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.
Was that last drink a trigger of a gun
Fall asleep cold
Well I guess life is never any fun
With no one to hold.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there in the morning?
Did you think alcohol would patch you up
Ease all the pain
Well I guess we'll never know, we'll never know
What could have been today.
Will you be there in the morning?
We told you it's worth the fight
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there in the morning?
We told you it's worth the fight
We told you it's worth the fight
Catch your breath, you're only 21
You won't be there in the morning
Catch your breath, you're not the only one.
Catch your breath, you're only 21
You won't be there in the morning
You're not the only one.
Will you be there in the morning?
(Will you be there in the morning?)
Will you be there in the morning?
I told you it's worth the fight.
Will you be there in the morning?
(Will you be there in the morning?)
I told you it's worth the fight
I told you it's worth the fight.
Fall asleep cold
Well I guess life is never any fun
With no one to hold.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there in the morning?
Did you think alcohol would patch you up
Ease all the pain
Well I guess we'll never know, we'll never know
What could have been today.
Will you be there in the morning?
We told you it's worth the fight
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there in the morning?
We told you it's worth the fight
We told you it's worth the fight
Catch your breath, you're only 21
You won't be there in the morning
Catch your breath, you're not the only one.
Catch your breath, you're only 21
You won't be there in the morning
You're not the only one.
Will you be there in the morning?
(Will you be there in the morning?)
Will you be there in the morning?
I told you it's worth the fight.
Will you be there in the morning?
(Will you be there in the morning?)
I told you it's worth the fight
I told you it's worth the fight.
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Page
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Was that last drink a trigger of a gun, fall asleep cold Well I guess life is never any fun with no one to hold Will you be there in the morning? Will you be there in the morning?
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Did you think alcohol would patch you up, ease all the pain Well I guess we'll never know, we'll never know what could have been today Will you be there in the morning? We told you it's worth the fight Will you be there in the morning? Will you be there in the morning? We told you it's worth the fight, we told you it's worth the fight
Ryan uses alcohol in an attempt to numb his emotional pain. The singer expresses sadness about this and questions if he'll even be alive in the morning. She's talking about that it's worth the fight to stay alive because things can and will improve.
Catch your breath you're only 21, you won't be there in the morning Catch your breath you're not the only one Catch your breath you're only 21, you won't be there in the morning You're not the only one.
She's saying that he's not alone in the fact he feels like this. He's also only 21.
Will you be there in the morning? (Will you be there in the morning?) Will you be there in the morning? We told you it's worth the fight
Will you be there in the morning? (Will you be there in the morning?) We told you it's worth the fight, we told you it's worth the fight We told you it's worth the fight.
The rest is just the singer questioning if he's still alive and if he'll be there in the morning. I love this song. Her voice is so flawless. Eyes Set To Kill is an amazing band.