"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.
I wish we could live forever
But everyone dies
Everyone laughs
And everyone cries
I'll be mad but I'm glad
You were part of my life
Make sure you stop by my dreams
When I'm sleepin' at night
Now a piece of my heart
Is lookin' down from the sky
Like an angel on my shoulder
Helpin' me to get by
And all the words that you told me
Were the words of the wise
To navigate my path
Through the drama and lies
[Chorus]
I won't forget you
And I'll keep on loving you
Buts its hard to live my life
When you are not around
I'll try and make it through
I know you want me to
But its hard to think of you
Without me breakin' down
I know your in a better place
I know you finally feel the pain
I miss you my best friend
I'll never find someone like you again
I try to stay optimistic
But it hurts so bad
For me to lose the best friend
That I probably ever had
Now every day that I wake
I see how precious life is
Maybe someday you'll come back
As one of my kids
It's crazy things change
How hard life can be
I remember we were young
Everything seemed so easy
I had you by my side
And I thought you'd never leave me
And even though your gone
You still never will believe me
[Chorus]
Were born to live
And we live to die
Walk on the ground
And soar through the sky
And were born to live
And we don't ask why
Transcend and reside
When stone angels cry
Were born to live
And we live to die
Walk on the ground
And soar through the sky
And were born to live
And we don't ask why
Transcend and reside
When stone angels cry
[Chorus]
(Were born to live and we live to die)
I know your in a better place
(Were born to live and we don't ask why)
I know you finally feel the pain
(Were born to live and we live to die)
I miss you my best friend
(Were born to live and we don't ask why)
I'll never find someone like you again
But everyone dies
Everyone laughs
And everyone cries
I'll be mad but I'm glad
You were part of my life
Make sure you stop by my dreams
When I'm sleepin' at night
Now a piece of my heart
Is lookin' down from the sky
Like an angel on my shoulder
Helpin' me to get by
And all the words that you told me
Were the words of the wise
To navigate my path
Through the drama and lies
[Chorus]
I won't forget you
And I'll keep on loving you
Buts its hard to live my life
When you are not around
I'll try and make it through
I know you want me to
But its hard to think of you
Without me breakin' down
I know your in a better place
I know you finally feel the pain
I miss you my best friend
I'll never find someone like you again
I try to stay optimistic
But it hurts so bad
For me to lose the best friend
That I probably ever had
Now every day that I wake
I see how precious life is
Maybe someday you'll come back
As one of my kids
It's crazy things change
How hard life can be
I remember we were young
Everything seemed so easy
I had you by my side
And I thought you'd never leave me
And even though your gone
You still never will believe me
[Chorus]
Were born to live
And we live to die
Walk on the ground
And soar through the sky
And were born to live
And we don't ask why
Transcend and reside
When stone angels cry
Were born to live
And we live to die
Walk on the ground
And soar through the sky
And were born to live
And we don't ask why
Transcend and reside
When stone angels cry
[Chorus]
(Were born to live and we live to die)
I know your in a better place
(Were born to live and we don't ask why)
I know you finally feel the pain
(Were born to live and we live to die)
I miss you my best friend
(Were born to live and we don't ask why)
I'll never find someone like you again
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
A Better Place Lyrics as written by Seth Brooks Binzer Anthony Robert Crawford
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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