"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.
As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
And we would get closer
Get closer
Mmh
As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
That we could get closer
Leaving this darkness
Behind
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
When I find myself alone
Find myself alone
Ooh
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
And when I find myself alone
I feel like I, I am blind
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Like I, I am blind
I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer, they are near
But they will not present my present
They will not present my present
I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer, it is near
But it will not present my present
It makes my past and future painfully clear
To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Ooh
To see you now
To hear you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it like I, I'm blind
And feel it
Mmh and feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
That the stars could only get brighter
And we would get closer
Get closer
Mmh
As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
That we could get closer
Leaving this darkness
Behind
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
When I find myself alone
Find myself alone
Ooh
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
And when I find myself alone
I feel like I, I am blind
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Like I, I am blind
I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer, they are near
But they will not present my present
They will not present my present
I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer, it is near
But it will not present my present
It makes my past and future painfully clear
To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Ooh
To see you now
To hear you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it like I, I'm blind
And feel it
Mmh and feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
Ooh, I feel it
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Blind Lyrics as written by Andrew Butler Anohni
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