"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.
hello hum
i am the dying lung of the town you left
i was beginning to fear
beginning to fear that you would never come back
but you're here
all around my body
all around my body
all around
but you're here
we have a pact, you see
we have a pact, you see
we have a pact
i can only find you if you look for me
i can only find you if you look for me
i can only find you if you are looking for me
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
oh, i can only find you if you are looking for me
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
hello hum!
where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go?
i am the dying lung of the town you left
i was beginning to fear
beginning to fear that you would never come back
but you're here
all around my body
all around my body
all around
but you're here
we have a pact, you see
we have a pact, you see
we have a pact
i can only find you if you look for me
i can only find you if you look for me
i can only find you if you are looking for me
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
oh, i can only find you if you are looking for me
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go? where will i go?
hello hum!
where will i go?
i want to hide inside you till i forget how to be
oh, where will i go?
Lyrics submitted by noahdg
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