"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.
There's no one to blame here, there's no one to blame.
In the middle of searchin', for a little redemption.
How did we get here, there's no words to say.
No use in pretending, when the story is ending.
Something is wrong here, nothing is right.
Why can't we go back to, the very first night.
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earth quake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, and these are our last days
We both want the same things, but we can't seem to change.
We'll never see eye to eye, in the wake of compromise.
Who's gonna protect you, when your home all alone?
When your friends are my enemies, whose side will you be on?
Nothing is left here, no reason to fight.
We could surrender, for one last night, and
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, these are our last days
Last days we're, coming apart at the seams.
Don't say, you can go your own way.
I'll pray, we'll end up somewhere other than here.
'Cause we're already there, there, there.
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, these are our last days
And this is the fallout, and this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
And just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, and these are our last days
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
In the middle of searchin', for a little redemption.
How did we get here, there's no words to say.
No use in pretending, when the story is ending.
Something is wrong here, nothing is right.
Why can't we go back to, the very first night.
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earth quake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, and these are our last days
We both want the same things, but we can't seem to change.
We'll never see eye to eye, in the wake of compromise.
Who's gonna protect you, when your home all alone?
When your friends are my enemies, whose side will you be on?
Nothing is left here, no reason to fight.
We could surrender, for one last night, and
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, these are our last days
Last days we're, coming apart at the seams.
Don't say, you can go your own way.
I'll pray, we'll end up somewhere other than here.
'Cause we're already there, there, there.
This is the fallout, this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
Just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, these are our last days
And this is the fallout, and this is the heartache.
We're breaking apart, these are our last days.
And just like an earthquake, I'm so shook up.
You're making me crazy, and these are our last days
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
These are our last days.
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