"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 followed you to the mall
I pulled up right by your car
And darling I saw it all (yeah)
I followed you to the house
I watched you lay on the couch
And honey I saw it all (yeah)
And if you wonder way your windows smashed
Your shirts are slashed
Your house is trashed me
Don't you know that it's me
Me me me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
But he can make it right
Your guilty guns on the ground
Put your apology down
Take your own medicine now (yeah)
Call me psychotic or numb
I'm just a product of love
So thanks for showing me how (yeah)
And if you wondering why your break are cut
And everything is fucked
It's me
Mother fucker it's me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
No he can make it right
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
Though love ain't easy
When you're bleeding from the thrill of the fight
And if you wonder way your windows smashed
Your shirts are slashed
Your house is trashed me
Don't you know that it's me
And if you wondering why your break are cut
And everything is fucked
It's me
Mother fucker it's me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
No he can make it right
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
Though love ain't easy
When you're bleeding from the thrill of the fight
From the thrill of the fight
I pulled up right by your car
And darling I saw it all (yeah)
I followed you to the house
I watched you lay on the couch
And honey I saw it all (yeah)
And if you wonder way your windows smashed
Your shirts are slashed
Your house is trashed me
Don't you know that it's me
Me me me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
But he can make it right
Your guilty guns on the ground
Put your apology down
Take your own medicine now (yeah)
Call me psychotic or numb
I'm just a product of love
So thanks for showing me how (yeah)
And if you wondering why your break are cut
And everything is fucked
It's me
Mother fucker it's me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
No he can make it right
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
Though love ain't easy
When you're bleeding from the thrill of the fight
And if you wonder way your windows smashed
Your shirts are slashed
Your house is trashed me
Don't you know that it's me
And if you wondering why your break are cut
And everything is fucked
It's me
Mother fucker it's me
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
He can hurt you
Don't deserve you
No he can make it right
Acid Annie don't be bitter for the rest of your life
Though love ain't easy
When you're bleeding from the thrill of the fight
From the thrill of the fight
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I couldn't disagree more with the other comment. The song is very obviously about Natalia dating a boy, and following him for the day, and seeing him doing all sorts of things (if you catch my drift) with another girl. She's hurt, but not in the physical sense, but because she was majorly betrayed, and he actually believes he can win her back by apologizing. I think it is just about making sure that a bad relationship doesn't ruin you, and you fight back, get up stronger, and keep trying. She's getting vengeance to prove that she won't be hurt by him, and that she can make him feel the pain that he tried to inflict on her. It's a really anthemic tune, and I definitely relate to it.
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