"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.
Come with me now
Come with me now
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Afraid to lose control
And caught up in this world
I've wasted time, I've wasted breath
I think I've thought myself to death
I was born without this fear
Now only this seems clear
I need to move, I need to fight
I need to lose myself tonight
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
I think with my heart and I move with my head
I open my mouth and it's something I've read
I stood at this door before, I'm told
But a part of me knows that I'm growing too old
Confused what I thought with something I felt
Confuse what I feel with something that's real
I tried to sell my soul last night
Funny, he wouldn't even take a bite
Far away
I heard him say (come with me now)
Don't delay
I heard him say (come with me now)
Far away
I heard him say (come with me now)
Don't delay
I heard him say (come with me now)
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Afraid to lose control
And caught up in this world
I've wasted time, I've wasted breath
I think I've thought myself to death
I was born without this fear
Now only this seems clear
I need to move, I need to fight
I need to lose myself tonight
Woah come with me now
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
Come with me now
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Afraid to lose control
And caught up in this world
I've wasted time, I've wasted breath
I think I've thought myself to death
I was born without this fear
Now only this seems clear
I need to move, I need to fight
I need to lose myself tonight
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
I think with my heart and I move with my head
I open my mouth and it's something I've read
I stood at this door before, I'm told
But a part of me knows that I'm growing too old
Confused what I thought with something I felt
Confuse what I feel with something that's real
I tried to sell my soul last night
Funny, he wouldn't even take a bite
Far away
I heard him say (come with me now)
Don't delay
I heard him say (come with me now)
Far away
I heard him say (come with me now)
Don't delay
I heard him say (come with me now)
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna show you how
Afraid to lose control
And caught up in this world
I've wasted time, I've wasted breath
I think I've thought myself to death
I was born without this fear
Now only this seems clear
I need to move, I need to fight
I need to lose myself tonight
Woah come with me now
Woah come with me now
I'm gonna take you down
Woah come with me now
Lyrics submitted by STP1992, edited by YvetteCathers
Come with Me Now Lyrics as written by John Joseph Kongos
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I realize that now is the time having been afraid to accept myself for so long. "Afraid to lose control And caught up in this world I've wasted time, I've wasted breath I think I've thought myself to death
I was born without this fear Now only this seems clear I need to move, I need to fight I need to lose myself tonight"
Without self realization, everything seems meaningless and confusing. My words, my choices, my actions doesn't seem my own. My soul has lost zeal to fight back it seems as it wouldn't even warn me when I go on to sell myself. "I think with my heart and I move with my head I open my mouth and it's something I've read I stood at this door before, I'm told But a part of me knows that I'm growing too old
Confused what I thought with something I felt Confuse what I feel with something that's real I tried to sell my soul last night Funny, he wouldn't even take a bite"
I think I heard my soul asking for help from afar. And it seems that it won't last long like this. "Far away I heard him say (Come with me now) Don't delay I heard him say (Come with me now)
Far away I heard him say (Come with me now) Don't delay I heard him say (Come with me now)"
Having realized, I authoritatively command my soul to become one with me again. "Come with me now Come with me now
Whoa, come with me now I'm gonna take you down Whoa, come with me now I'm gonna show you how"