"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.
Another sleepless night went by
Left me no memories
Where have I been
What have I done
I need to know
Watching the mirror terrified
I can't believe my eyes
A stranger covered up in blood
It just can't be me
It can't be me
No one knows my secret
No one out there can believe me
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding from the world
That feeds me
The dark is falling here
I hope there is no one near
I start to change into
Someone else
The haunt has began
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
All dressed up in anger
Try to find my running
Victims neck
The hunger keeps me going
I won't rest until
I get my hands on you
The dark is falling here
I hope there is no one near
I start to change into
Someone else
The haunt has began
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
Another sleepless night went by
Left me no memories
Where have I been what have I done
I need to know
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
Left me no memories
Where have I been
What have I done
I need to know
Watching the mirror terrified
I can't believe my eyes
A stranger covered up in blood
It just can't be me
It can't be me
No one knows my secret
No one out there can believe me
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding from the world
That feeds me
The dark is falling here
I hope there is no one near
I start to change into
Someone else
The haunt has began
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
All dressed up in anger
Try to find my running
Victims neck
The hunger keeps me going
I won't rest until
I get my hands on you
The dark is falling here
I hope there is no one near
I start to change into
Someone else
The haunt has began
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
Another sleepless night went by
Left me no memories
Where have I been what have I done
I need to know
It is nothing but the full moon
Keeping me awake
Touches my evil senses
The full moon puts your
Life at stake
You can't escape my hunger
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