"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.
We are on the run tonight
We never face the dark
Down there, lonely.
We never lose control
'cause we are making up distance
So close
In other words you better
Give your friends all you can
If it makes you sweat
You gotta ask yourself
''I'm I good or bad?''
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins
Its running in your veins
If you wanna leave your life
It doesn't mean that you have to
Stay strong
It's always sound more better
Help you stand up
Straightened, facing
If a stranger comes to you
And tries to push you down in the face
Together in the darkness
You can feel the power in your hands
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins
Oooooo
Its running in your veins
Put the fire on
Bleeding for the heath
Feel untuchable
Pointed out of stars
Its all there is for now
When tomorrow shows its face
You'll be seeking your reality
Life is what the future brings
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins.
We never face the dark
Down there, lonely.
We never lose control
'cause we are making up distance
So close
In other words you better
Give your friends all you can
If it makes you sweat
You gotta ask yourself
''I'm I good or bad?''
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins
Its running in your veins
If you wanna leave your life
It doesn't mean that you have to
Stay strong
It's always sound more better
Help you stand up
Straightened, facing
If a stranger comes to you
And tries to push you down in the face
Together in the darkness
You can feel the power in your hands
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins
Oooooo
Its running in your veins
Put the fire on
Bleeding for the heath
Feel untuchable
Pointed out of stars
Its all there is for now
When tomorrow shows its face
You'll be seeking your reality
Life is what the future brings
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
After all we have done
Its still running in your veins
When the night turns to day
You're still living with the fear
Your fear are haunting for this rival through the night
Its still running in your veins.
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Running in Your Veins Lyrics as written by Paer Eiert Liden
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