"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.
He believes he's right, she believes she's right
He stepped out of the car, he stepped into the light
He stepped into a war, believing he was right
He believes he's right, he believes he's right
He stepped into the circle, he read between the lines
With a blood lust religion saying, â??vengeance is mineâ??
But God is watching, Wisdom is weeping
This is not what was meant, this is not what was said
I am shakin', it's crazy and absurd
It comes down to what you love
Not down to who you hurt
She believes she's right, he believes he's right
He's lying on the ground and he's bleeding out his life
Like an unwilling hero, believing that he's right
But God is watching, Wisdom is weeping
This is not what was meant, this is not what was said
I'm shaken, it's crazy and absurd
It comes down to what our love
Not down to what you hurt
She believes she's right, she believes she's right
She steps out of the car, she steps out in the light
She steps into a war, believing that she's right.
He stepped out of the car, he stepped into the light
He stepped into a war, believing he was right
He believes he's right, he believes he's right
He stepped into the circle, he read between the lines
With a blood lust religion saying, â??vengeance is mineâ??
But God is watching, Wisdom is weeping
This is not what was meant, this is not what was said
I am shakin', it's crazy and absurd
It comes down to what you love
Not down to who you hurt
She believes she's right, he believes he's right
He's lying on the ground and he's bleeding out his life
Like an unwilling hero, believing that he's right
But God is watching, Wisdom is weeping
This is not what was meant, this is not what was said
I'm shaken, it's crazy and absurd
It comes down to what our love
Not down to what you hurt
She believes she's right, she believes she's right
She steps out of the car, she steps out in the light
She steps into a war, believing that she's right.
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