"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 make the music loud
To drown our broken lives
In the noises
This world is going down
And there's no hope in sight
When the blind lead the blind
All we see are blue skies
God must have blue eyes
And He is watching over me
Our hold world is waiting
Withered and fading
And rescue is only a prayer away
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight
Is there a cure for our condition?
Or are we under a new addiction
Our history's forgotten
wahoooh how fragile we are
All we need are the blue skies
We find them in your eyes
You give hope to withered soul
We hold the lyrics
Color and promise
These words will recon save us all?
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight, tonight
We are waiting
We are waiting
We are waiting
And rescue is only a prayer away
These words will save us all
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight
To drown our broken lives
In the noises
This world is going down
And there's no hope in sight
When the blind lead the blind
All we see are blue skies
God must have blue eyes
And He is watching over me
Our hold world is waiting
Withered and fading
And rescue is only a prayer away
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight
Is there a cure for our condition?
Or are we under a new addiction
Our history's forgotten
wahoooh how fragile we are
All we need are the blue skies
We find them in your eyes
You give hope to withered soul
We hold the lyrics
Color and promise
These words will recon save us all?
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight, tonight
We are waiting
We are waiting
We are waiting
And rescue is only a prayer away
These words will save us all
If I could write a song that would save the world
I would sing it, I would sing it tonight
If I could say a prayer that would free your soul
I would say it, I would pray it tonight
Lyrics submitted by ibassforhim
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