"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.
Baby, you got me sick
I don't know what I did
Need to take a break and figure it out, yeah
Got your voice in my head
Saying let's just be friends
Can't believe the words came out of your mouth, yeah
I'm tryna to be okay, I'm tryna to be alright
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
Yeah
Baby, now that you're gone
I can't stand dumb love songs
Missing you is all I'm thinking about, yeah
Everyone's telling me I'm just too blind to see
How you messed me up, I'm better off now, yeah
I'm tryna to be okay, I'm tryna to be alright
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
Yeah, every time you look like that
You're giving me a heart attack
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
You're all I ever wanted, yeah
Yeah, every time you look like that (come on)
You're all I ever wanted
You're giving me a heart attack (ow)
I don't know what I did
Need to take a break and figure it out, yeah
Got your voice in my head
Saying let's just be friends
Can't believe the words came out of your mouth, yeah
I'm tryna to be okay, I'm tryna to be alright
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
Yeah
Baby, now that you're gone
I can't stand dumb love songs
Missing you is all I'm thinking about, yeah
Everyone's telling me I'm just too blind to see
How you messed me up, I'm better off now, yeah
I'm tryna to be okay, I'm tryna to be alright
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
Yeah, every time you look like that
You're giving me a heart attack
But seeing you with him just don't feel right
And I'm like
Ow, never thought it'd hurt so bad
Getting over you and
Ow, you're giving me a heart attack
Looking like you do
'Cause you're all I ever wanted
Thought you would be the one that's
Ow, giving me a heart attack
Getting over you
You're all I ever wanted, yeah
Yeah, every time you look like that (come on)
You're all I ever wanted
You're giving me a heart attack (ow)
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Heart Attack Lyrics as written by Savan Harish Kotecha Carl Anthony Falk
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