"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.
(Yeah)
(Come on)
Like a parade we march ourselves in one by one
Like the infection, that bleeds out inside of us
Locked in a cage but you can take the beast
We've gotten sick of structure
Call the doctor for us...
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this bitch down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back
I’m gonna let this bitch burn
I'm not a slave, I won't be guided to a grave in
A masquerade, you'll hide your face
You got it out for me
Like strangers in the night
Holding close their sharpened knives
I've had it, it's dramatic so I'm running away...
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this bitch down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back
I’m gonna let this bitch burn
Someone drag me from this nightmare
I can barely stand it
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this, burn this, burn this down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let it burn
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let this bitch burn
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let this bitch burn
(Come on)
Like a parade we march ourselves in one by one
Like the infection, that bleeds out inside of us
Locked in a cage but you can take the beast
We've gotten sick of structure
Call the doctor for us...
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this bitch down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back
I’m gonna let this bitch burn
I'm not a slave, I won't be guided to a grave in
A masquerade, you'll hide your face
You got it out for me
Like strangers in the night
Holding close their sharpened knives
I've had it, it's dramatic so I'm running away...
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this bitch down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back
I’m gonna let this bitch burn
Someone drag me from this nightmare
I can barely stand it
Somebody get me out
Before I burn this, burn this, burn this down
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Tonight, tonight you know i’ll save you
Tonight, tonight i’ll bring you back (yeah)
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let it burn
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let this bitch burn
Before the sun returns
I'm gonna let this bitch burn
Lyrics submitted by skaterhottie639
parade Lyrics as written by Writers Unknown John Feldmann
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@toxictiffany Personally my theory is it’s either about a prison escape or mental asylum escape. But I could be wrong
@toxictiffany is Probably saying how your mind is an unbearable prison. And the only escape to get out of their mind may be self-harm, drugs, alcohol, and much more. Hence the "Tonight, tonight you know I’ll save you<br /> Tonight, I’ll bring you back (yeah)<br /> Tonight, you know I’ll save you<br /> Tonight, I’ll bring you back"