"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.
It happens every time
If it counts I’ll lose my courage when I need it the most
Then it comes crawling up after
Begs me to ask her what I already know
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
If I promise that I take you there with me
Would you go, I found
In one step I’ll get closer to heaven than you’ll ever know
You may never know
Feeling out again
Go and try to be your man when there’s a gun to your head
After you’ve found out your good enough wasn’t good enough for everyone else
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
Hold me right by the fire and I’ll show you what home means now
The words came with a new kind of sadness
They meant everything, you mean everything to me
I’ll take the first train out of this town
With a glare in my eye and my pockets full, ready to die
And when I get hazy I will think just maybe you’re out there somewhere
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
If I promise that I take you there with me
Would you go, I found
In one step I’ll get closer to heaven than you’ll ever know
You may never know
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
Hold me right by the fire and I’ll show you what home means now
The words came with a new kind of sadness
They meant everything, you mean everything to me
If it counts I’ll lose my courage when I need it the most
Then it comes crawling up after
Begs me to ask her what I already know
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
If I promise that I take you there with me
Would you go, I found
In one step I’ll get closer to heaven than you’ll ever know
You may never know
Feeling out again
Go and try to be your man when there’s a gun to your head
After you’ve found out your good enough wasn’t good enough for everyone else
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
Hold me right by the fire and I’ll show you what home means now
The words came with a new kind of sadness
They meant everything, you mean everything to me
I’ll take the first train out of this town
With a glare in my eye and my pockets full, ready to die
And when I get hazy I will think just maybe you’re out there somewhere
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
If I promise that I take you there with me
Would you go, I found
In one step I’ll get closer to heaven than you’ll ever know
You may never know
Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold”
Hold me right by the fire and I’ll show you what home means now
The words came with a new kind of sadness
They meant everything, you mean everything to me
Lyrics submitted by juand182
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I feel like what he's trying to say is that he already knows this relationship is over, yet he's still asking questions that he already knows the answer to. Such as asking if she would take him back, "get me out of the cold".
I also think that when he says "If I promise that I take you there with me Would you go, I found In one step I’ll get closer to heaven than you’ll ever know You may never know" He is trying to fulfill her dreams still, take her to the places she wants to see etc. He thinks it's Heaven just to ask her this question, even if she says no, he at least gets to talk to her.
"Feeling out again Go and try to be your man when there’s a gun to your head After you’ve found out your good enough wasn’t good enough for everyone else" In this part he is expressing how hard it is to be a man when you don't feel good enough for anyone.
"I’ll take the first train out of this town With a glare in my eye and my pockets full, ready to die And when I get hazy I will think just maybe you’re out there somewhere" He's ready to go see her, although he feels like she'll shoot him down & not give him another chance. Yet it feels good to go somewhere knowing she's out there.
"Singing “Oh, love get me out of the cold” Hold me right by the fire and I’ll show you what home means now The words came with a new kind of sadness They meant everything, you mean everything to me" In this last part he is explaining that she is home now, & it makes him sad because she's not there, maybe he realized it too late.
Just my opinion. I love the lyrics to the song though.