"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 made these wishes with you
Went coast to coast
And we both felt so alive (so alive)
We traded safe for something we just had to be
And we almost lost our minds (lost our minds)
But we're still here searching
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
Summer came and flew by twice as fast
It was close enough to feel
And after all this waiting for skies to fall
I need this to be real
Oh, please let it be real
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)
Where I was broken I am healed
I learned to fight
I learned to feel
And I can't believe my eyes
You are still here next to me
All I need you're all I see
In this life we hope to find
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
It's endless and I know
Went coast to coast
And we both felt so alive (so alive)
We traded safe for something we just had to be
And we almost lost our minds (lost our minds)
But we're still here searching
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
Summer came and flew by twice as fast
It was close enough to feel
And after all this waiting for skies to fall
I need this to be real
Oh, please let it be real
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)
Where I was broken I am healed
I learned to fight
I learned to feel
And I can't believe my eyes
You are still here next to me
All I need you're all I see
In this life we hope to find
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But there's a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
It's endless and I know
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
Be the Young Lyrics as written by Ryan Michael Mendez Longineu Warren Iii Parsons
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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