"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.
Sneak out,
through our window at night,
telescope and our kite.
The Stars awake and constellate into a perfect shape of Our Brother carried up to the Moon,
tied to a million balloons.
On the clearest days,
you can see Him wave.
He left a note "You can have My room but beware, there's monsters under My bed, and they will tear you to shreds.So hide the pages that no one's read, the secret blueprints to My Weather Machine."
They fell off the Edge of the Earth.
Captain called off the search and they were doomed to fall forever or die of thirst or whatever came first.
Victoria, how she spoke with the dead.
Floating dismembered heads telling tales of their doom.
I think the voices came from Anther Room.
Mother knew Noah flew in his ark and god will always keep us safe in the dark, but we don't fear the kings and teachers,
smash The Boat and drown the Creatures.
All the ancient omens are aligned.
We can start our new lives,
we can love,
we can lie.
They have great big machine that can take photos of your dreams.
We can run or we can stay, build a wall and keep them ally away.
We cannot interfere when the Moon enters our atmosphere.
We can start our new lives,
we can stop just getting by.
"I will throw you all back to Shore. I can gather all of the winds. I can navigate on the Storm. I can be the Flood again."
through our window at night,
telescope and our kite.
The Stars awake and constellate into a perfect shape of Our Brother carried up to the Moon,
tied to a million balloons.
On the clearest days,
you can see Him wave.
He left a note "You can have My room but beware, there's monsters under My bed, and they will tear you to shreds.So hide the pages that no one's read, the secret blueprints to My Weather Machine."
They fell off the Edge of the Earth.
Captain called off the search and they were doomed to fall forever or die of thirst or whatever came first.
Victoria, how she spoke with the dead.
Floating dismembered heads telling tales of their doom.
I think the voices came from Anther Room.
Mother knew Noah flew in his ark and god will always keep us safe in the dark, but we don't fear the kings and teachers,
smash The Boat and drown the Creatures.
All the ancient omens are aligned.
We can start our new lives,
we can love,
we can lie.
They have great big machine that can take photos of your dreams.
We can run or we can stay, build a wall and keep them ally away.
We cannot interfere when the Moon enters our atmosphere.
We can start our new lives,
we can stop just getting by.
"I will throw you all back to Shore. I can gather all of the winds. I can navigate on the Storm. I can be the Flood again."
Lyrics submitted by OwenHu99
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