"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.
Verse:
Have you ever been here before,
Do you believe what you see,
Finding our way to the shore,
Feeling it finally,
Looking out across the sound,
This is where we'll feel new
Wondering when we'll be found
Loosing my mind in you
Chorus:
These are the endless days I lost in you,
Wonder if this will change I dreamt it true
These are the endless days I lost in you
Wonder if this will change I dreamt it true
Bridge:
Have you ever been here before,
Do you believe what you see,
Finding our way to the shore,
Feeling it finally,
Looking out across the sound,
This is where we'll feel new
Wondering when we'll be found
Loosing my mind in you
Have you ever been here before,
Do you believe what you see,
Finding our way to the shore,
Feeling it finally,
Looking out across the sound,
This is where we'll feel new
Wondering when we'll be found
Loosing my mind in you
Chorus:
These are the endless days I lost in you,
Wonder if this will change I dreamt it true
These are the endless days I lost in you
Wonder if this will change I dreamt it true
Bridge:
Have you ever been here before,
Do you believe what you see,
Finding our way to the shore,
Feeling it finally,
Looking out across the sound,
This is where we'll feel new
Wondering when we'll be found
Loosing my mind in you
Lyrics submitted by tuckal07
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