"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.
I'm no super man
I can take your hand
And fly you anywhere you want to go, yeah
I can read your mind
Like a billboard sign
And tell you everything you want to hear but
I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If your the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable
I, yeah I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if your the one for me
Then I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
Searching high and low
Trying every road
If I see your face, I'll barely know, yeah
I put my trust in faith
That you will come my way
And if it's right, it's undeniable, yeah
I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If you're the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable
I, yeah, I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if you're the one for me
Then, I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
So incredible
Some kind of miracle
And when it's meant to be
I'll become a hero, oh
So I'll wait, wait, wait, wait for you
Yeah, I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If you're the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable (be unstoppable)
I, yeah, I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if you're the one for me
Then I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
I can take your hand
And fly you anywhere you want to go, yeah
I can read your mind
Like a billboard sign
And tell you everything you want to hear but
I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If your the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable
I, yeah I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if your the one for me
Then I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
Searching high and low
Trying every road
If I see your face, I'll barely know, yeah
I put my trust in faith
That you will come my way
And if it's right, it's undeniable, yeah
I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If you're the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable
I, yeah, I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if you're the one for me
Then, I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (I'll be your hero)
So incredible
Some kind of miracle
And when it's meant to be
I'll become a hero, oh
So I'll wait, wait, wait, wait for you
Yeah, I'll be your hero
I, I can be everything you need
If you're the one for me
Like gravity, I'll be unstoppable (be unstoppable)
I, yeah, I believe in destiny
I may be an ordinary guy without his soul
But if you're the one for me
Then I'll be your hero
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
Could you be the one, could you be the one
Could you be the one for me? (then I'll be your hero)
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Hero Lyrics as written by Nikki Hassman Adam Einar Anders
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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