"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.
You place your hate on me and never feel your wrong
The words for war you will soon regret
The time has come for me to show you what sets us apart
I'm the one, I'm the man, that cannot be bent
Can't you see you're falling
And I'm the one still standing
Then you'll know you're fucked
'Cause I know you're so breakable
You seem to think I'm the dirt on which you walk
And when this ground gives way, no you won't forget
This time will be the last time I deal with it
I'm the one, I'm the man, with your death intent
Can't you see you're falling
And I'm the one still standing
Then you'll know you're fucked
'Cause I know you're so breakable
You can't take it back now
The words you have thrown around
What comes around, goes around
And I won't change my ways to fit inside your world
The words for war you will soon regret
The time has come for me to show you what sets us apart
I'm the one, I'm the man, that cannot be bent
Can't you see you're falling
And I'm the one still standing
Then you'll know you're fucked
'Cause I know you're so breakable
You seem to think I'm the dirt on which you walk
And when this ground gives way, no you won't forget
This time will be the last time I deal with it
I'm the one, I'm the man, with your death intent
Can't you see you're falling
And I'm the one still standing
Then you'll know you're fucked
'Cause I know you're so breakable
You can't take it back now
The words you have thrown around
What comes around, goes around
And I won't change my ways to fit inside your world
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