"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.
Said I'm gonna be sad without you
Because my life is all about you
The ocean stole you from me in it's waves
But I'm gonna move on to live now
Forget about you somehow
Because everything I'd hoped for is gone to waste
And the sun is setting
Out on the horizon
And over it I try to paint your face
But my eyes are cloudy
And all I know is how much I
Long for you but I can't have your embrace
I long for you but I just can't find your face
It's gonna be a long long night to get through
A long long time to find you
A long long list of memories I'll write down to forget these
Times I feel mistaken
I thought you'd never leave my heart aching
And look how wrong I was
I gave you all my trust
And now there's no more us
I'm leaving when I find my feet again
Today I went to where you used to get me
I'd love you if you'd just let me
I'd swim inside that ocean to get you back
Because I'm tired of waiting
And if it comes to nothing
Then it's pointless staying here I'm going back
Because I've fought for so long
And it's me you turn your back on
I fought for a chance to stay in your embrace
But it seems like it's worth none
Something I don't wanna have to think on
So over it I try and erase your face
I said over it I try and erase your face
It's gonna be a long long night to get through
A long long time to find you
A long long list of memories I'll write down to forget these
Times I feel mistaken
I thought you'd never leave my heart aching
And look how wrong I was
I gave you all my trust
And now there's no more us
I'm leaving when I find my feet again
Because my life is all about you
The ocean stole you from me in it's waves
But I'm gonna move on to live now
Forget about you somehow
Because everything I'd hoped for is gone to waste
And the sun is setting
Out on the horizon
And over it I try to paint your face
But my eyes are cloudy
And all I know is how much I
Long for you but I can't have your embrace
I long for you but I just can't find your face
It's gonna be a long long night to get through
A long long time to find you
A long long list of memories I'll write down to forget these
Times I feel mistaken
I thought you'd never leave my heart aching
And look how wrong I was
I gave you all my trust
And now there's no more us
I'm leaving when I find my feet again
Today I went to where you used to get me
I'd love you if you'd just let me
I'd swim inside that ocean to get you back
Because I'm tired of waiting
And if it comes to nothing
Then it's pointless staying here I'm going back
Because I've fought for so long
And it's me you turn your back on
I fought for a chance to stay in your embrace
But it seems like it's worth none
Something I don't wanna have to think on
So over it I try and erase your face
I said over it I try and erase your face
It's gonna be a long long night to get through
A long long time to find you
A long long list of memories I'll write down to forget these
Times I feel mistaken
I thought you'd never leave my heart aching
And look how wrong I was
I gave you all my trust
And now there's no more us
I'm leaving when I find my feet again
Lyrics submitted by lucia77
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