"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.
It always ends the same
I gave you all my heart just to watch it get thrown away, thrown away!
It takes a toll on my soul
'Cause I'm starting to believe that love's just a game we play
Is it all just a game?
One day I'll heal but I'll be covered in scars
And I'll never forget watching it all fall apart
When you finally came clean about the lies and the games that you played from the start
It's like every second we spent together is always on repeat in the back of my mind
What was I thinking when I gave you my life?
You knew it would end, you knew this would die!
You'll never find another one like me
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life back
You made me so insecure and unsure of everything I thought was real
I just wish I could rewind and go back to a time
When I knew what it was like to feel
I hope someday, someone ruins you the way you ruined me
I just want you to know how it feels
I want you to see it's like my heart was made to be broken
Why can't I let go? Now that it's over, I just need you to know
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life
Give me my life back
They say it's better to have loved than never at all,
But I can't seem to find how it could have been thrown at the wall
I'm not sure if I can stand up from this falling
Tossing and turning and trying to forget
I thought I'd be over you, but no
With all you put me through, I'm full of regret
I wish I could just forget somehow
You'll never find another one like me! Yeah
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life back
Please give me my life back! Give me my life back!
Give me my life!
I gave you all my heart just to watch it get thrown away, thrown away!
It takes a toll on my soul
'Cause I'm starting to believe that love's just a game we play
Is it all just a game?
One day I'll heal but I'll be covered in scars
And I'll never forget watching it all fall apart
When you finally came clean about the lies and the games that you played from the start
It's like every second we spent together is always on repeat in the back of my mind
What was I thinking when I gave you my life?
You knew it would end, you knew this would die!
You'll never find another one like me
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life back
You made me so insecure and unsure of everything I thought was real
I just wish I could rewind and go back to a time
When I knew what it was like to feel
I hope someday, someone ruins you the way you ruined me
I just want you to know how it feels
I want you to see it's like my heart was made to be broken
Why can't I let go? Now that it's over, I just need you to know
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life
Give me my life back
They say it's better to have loved than never at all,
But I can't seem to find how it could have been thrown at the wall
I'm not sure if I can stand up from this falling
Tossing and turning and trying to forget
I thought I'd be over you, but no
With all you put me through, I'm full of regret
I wish I could just forget somehow
You'll never find another one like me! Yeah
I think I'd give you another chance if you deserved one
I think I have room in my heart, but I simply reserved none
I let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last
But you're just a mistake, please give me my life back
Please give me my life back! Give me my life back!
Give me my life!
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