"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 never thought I'd see before tonight
but I saw it with my own eyes
I swear I seen them come alive
they dug themselves right up
right from the grave
and now the world will never be the same
no emotion left behind
those rotting eyes
no heart inside
to sympathize your love
and it'd be nice if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
that we're dead before the dawn
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sin
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my door
as I write these last few lines
to those that survive
I want you to know that I tried to fight back
oh baby it's true
but I couldn't hold on
they're too strong
and I'll be dead before too long
and I'll try to get back
get back to you yea
they're coming and I fear they'll eat my brain
and I'll never see my baby once again
and I fear they'll turn me into one of them
and I find myself among the walking dead
there ain't nowhere left to run
nowhere to hide
where there's living flesh
you know they're bound to find
and we can try to run away
but it's too late
cause they've come to take away
more than our lives
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sin
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my
they only come to suck your mind
out through your nose
and it's too late
but darling that's just the way it goes go
no emotions left behind
those rotting eyes
no heart inside
to sympathize your love
and it'd be nice if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
well it'd be nice
if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
well it'd be nice
if we come out of this thing alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sins
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my door...
but I saw it with my own eyes
I swear I seen them come alive
they dug themselves right up
right from the grave
and now the world will never be the same
no emotion left behind
those rotting eyes
no heart inside
to sympathize your love
and it'd be nice if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
that we're dead before the dawn
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sin
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my door
as I write these last few lines
to those that survive
I want you to know that I tried to fight back
oh baby it's true
but I couldn't hold on
they're too strong
and I'll be dead before too long
and I'll try to get back
get back to you yea
they're coming and I fear they'll eat my brain
and I'll never see my baby once again
and I fear they'll turn me into one of them
and I find myself among the walking dead
there ain't nowhere left to run
nowhere to hide
where there's living flesh
you know they're bound to find
and we can try to run away
but it's too late
cause they've come to take away
more than our lives
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sin
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my
they only come to suck your mind
out through your nose
and it's too late
but darling that's just the way it goes go
no emotions left behind
those rotting eyes
no heart inside
to sympathize your love
and it'd be nice if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
well it'd be nice
if we survive
and come out alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
well it'd be nice
if we come out of this thing alive
but I know damn well
we're dead before the dawn
and I know that it's the end
oh please forgive my sins
and darling let me go
cause this times for sure oh oh
this time they're knockin' down my door...
Lyrics submitted by eastjesusshenanigan418
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