"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.
Everything ends, at least that's what we hope for. Plagued by our past and we're doomed to repeat ourselves. Afraid of the thoughts that dance in revolutions, and circle the mind like a snare: Binding me, I'm just trying to feel something. Cold and stale, searching for warmth inside of every promise wasted. You wrap yourself around me, but I can only sense your presence. You're nothing but a carcass. I've never felt more alone than I did on those nights I spent watching you sleep. You're the furthest thing from me, and you've been there from the start. An empty shell, you're vacant and it scares me to death. One by one, I watched them leave me behind like living debris. Fortunately, I know that I'm not worth it. In my purest form, I was never good enough for anyone. Why did I think that this time it'd be different? I came bearing only the beat of my heart and the best of my intentions. I tried my hardest but I couldn't make you feel a fucking thing.
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