"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.
You’re sending shivers on down my spine
And there’s nothing that we can say
To calm them down tonight
Caught in a whirlpool
Spinning round in circles
You’ve gotta be quick throw on a life jacket
I’m gonna be sick before I ever..
Yo, scrap me up from off the road
My feet are numb from the wicked cold
Ain’t never gonna stay out of the sun
Squinting through eyes like sandpaper runs
Up and down all over them
Scratched to the surface to within
An inch of my skull, a colossal hole
Water runs through without control
I can see your pain
But, I can see your pain
I’ve never been to jail nor think I will
Cause I’ve never really had a strong urge to kill
Sure I’d pop a pill but I haven’t yet
The experience awaits for the sun set
You see I’m colour blind I failed every test
You can cross the three time and I did ten
Sunglasses enable me to see the reds in the world
As bright as can be..
Ohhhh yessss ladies and gentlemen
and welcome to THKs Karaoke night
We have all the songs you love to hate
Through to the ones you can relate too
I hope your not confused as we’re about to cruise...
Venetian animals look down on me
as the light refracts so gloriously
On to my wall like an artist said
Wet paint never looked so intense
Penguins leads the charge up front
While the octopus gather and hunt
Spotted green frogs climb into a tree
Looking for a safe place to flea
A pond opens up and swallows them whole
Into my dirty cornflakes bowl
Bottle cap scorpion throws out his tail
As the motorbike lunges in to save ‘em
Whiskey bottles laugh on and on
Peering over the edge from behind
The sprawl of batteries and safety pins
a bobble head gentle shakes his head and sings..
I can see your pain
But, I can see your pain
And there’s nothing that we can say
To calm them down tonight
Caught in a whirlpool
Spinning round in circles
You’ve gotta be quick throw on a life jacket
I’m gonna be sick before I ever..
Yo, scrap me up from off the road
My feet are numb from the wicked cold
Ain’t never gonna stay out of the sun
Squinting through eyes like sandpaper runs
Up and down all over them
Scratched to the surface to within
An inch of my skull, a colossal hole
Water runs through without control
I can see your pain
But, I can see your pain
I’ve never been to jail nor think I will
Cause I’ve never really had a strong urge to kill
Sure I’d pop a pill but I haven’t yet
The experience awaits for the sun set
You see I’m colour blind I failed every test
You can cross the three time and I did ten
Sunglasses enable me to see the reds in the world
As bright as can be..
Ohhhh yessss ladies and gentlemen
and welcome to THKs Karaoke night
We have all the songs you love to hate
Through to the ones you can relate too
I hope your not confused as we’re about to cruise...
Venetian animals look down on me
as the light refracts so gloriously
On to my wall like an artist said
Wet paint never looked so intense
Penguins leads the charge up front
While the octopus gather and hunt
Spotted green frogs climb into a tree
Looking for a safe place to flea
A pond opens up and swallows them whole
Into my dirty cornflakes bowl
Bottle cap scorpion throws out his tail
As the motorbike lunges in to save ‘em
Whiskey bottles laugh on and on
Peering over the edge from behind
The sprawl of batteries and safety pins
a bobble head gentle shakes his head and sings..
I can see your pain
But, I can see your pain
Lyrics submitted by mrupperbody
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