"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 can tell by the way you feel
Something ain't going your way
Jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
We all get some of those days
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, you know it's gonna be okay
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I got an "uh oh" on my face
Wish I could press delete
We all got something we don't like
Even Angelina Jolie
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, don't be goin' M.I.A
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I can tell by the way you talk that talk
That somethin' ain't going your way
'Cause your jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
Well, we all get some of those days
Just take another deep breath
Try to reach your reset
You know that I can relate
Put your hands in the air
Now let me hear you shout out
Well, get outta my way
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Something ain't going your way
Jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
We all get some of those days
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, you know it's gonna be okay
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I got an "uh oh" on my face
Wish I could press delete
We all got something we don't like
Even Angelina Jolie
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, don't be goin' M.I.A
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I can tell by the way you talk that talk
That somethin' ain't going your way
'Cause your jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
Well, we all get some of those days
Just take another deep breath
Try to reach your reset
You know that I can relate
Put your hands in the air
Now let me hear you shout out
Well, get outta my way
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Spotlight Lyrics as written by Adam Einar Anders Nicole Ann Hassman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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