"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.
I'm giving up
This whole lie, this whole me
Call it out like a family
Instead I bide my time, get a ride
Until the rubber leaves the road
You said don't lie so I made the truth
Seemed like a lie to even you
Control your fear, it's clear
That you do not know where you're going to
So, don't you worry
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
One month down and it's in sight
Oh I'm guaranteed to lose my mind
It's dangerous to speak and sigh
You might know what I'm trying to hide
So, from the cradle to quarter age
Oh I bought the book but didn't flip the page
Oh readiness is near, we steer
As far away from the coming of days
So don't you worry
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
Turn around, put it down and see
That this is really the place to be.
I'm not you, nor you me
But we're both moving steady.
This whole lie, this whole me
Call it out like a family
Instead I bide my time, get a ride
Until the rubber leaves the road
You said don't lie so I made the truth
Seemed like a lie to even you
Control your fear, it's clear
That you do not know where you're going to
So, don't you worry
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
One month down and it's in sight
Oh I'm guaranteed to lose my mind
It's dangerous to speak and sigh
You might know what I'm trying to hide
So, from the cradle to quarter age
Oh I bought the book but didn't flip the page
Oh readiness is near, we steer
As far away from the coming of days
So don't you worry
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
Characters of no illusion
You'll be my resolution
Turn around, put it down and see
That this is really the place to be.
I'm not you, nor you me
But we're both moving steady.
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