"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 need some light, find the lantern
Unzip the tent, we can use the moon.
I'm going out into the weeds
To gather everything we need.
So stay...stay
Until I'm done...until I'm done
Searching for a clue
Even the faintest bit of light
Can guide me right back to you
You had no choice but to run and to go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Through the dark
Through the dark
I've gotta get back to you
You're the lighthouse on the shore
The beacon is my guide
The trail of crumbs
I'm fueled by your light...by your light
You had no choice but to run and go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Through the dark
Through the dark
I've gotta get back to you
The distance we maintain is a stable foundation
The trail of crumbs is my motivation...motivation
We have no choice but to run and to go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Unzip the tent, we can use the moon.
I'm going out into the weeds
To gather everything we need.
So stay...stay
Until I'm done...until I'm done
Searching for a clue
Even the faintest bit of light
Can guide me right back to you
You had no choice but to run and to go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Through the dark
Through the dark
I've gotta get back to you
You're the lighthouse on the shore
The beacon is my guide
The trail of crumbs
I'm fueled by your light...by your light
You had no choice but to run and go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Through the dark
Through the dark
I've gotta get back to you
The distance we maintain is a stable foundation
The trail of crumbs is my motivation...motivation
We have no choice but to run and to go
[I'll get you]
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming home.
Anything that you need, anything at all
Oh I'm down for you and I'll be coming...home.
Lyrics submitted by geexdontdance
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After the lyrics "searching for a clue" in the beginning, "even the frame is ??? light" is actually "even the faintest bit of light"..."Can guide me right back to you" :)
Fixed. Thanks!
It's "Anything that you need, anything at all/I'll hunt down for you them I'll be coming home" not "Oh I'm down for you"
*then not them...typo