"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 used to look up, But now I look down
I used to look up, But now I look down
I used to look up, But now I look down
Bet you're too afraid to take a look at me now
I used to look up, But now I look down
Come take a look at me
Never put me on a pedestal
Terrible things I've done just call me indelible
Can't clean up my conscience, cause they were all ultra
God damn I'm cultured, Eat chicks up just like a Vulture
I was never like this then I got older
Some say wiser, Some say cold
Don't say I didn't warn you, Already told you
Flash Bastard, So plastered
Been too loud ever since classroom
I'm just battling demons, Seemingly it's what I'm always tossed with
On purpose constant curses just gets worse and worse
Plus a bit of Asperges, ADHD, OCD, I'm OTT
Without the need of Coke or Ketamine, Methylin, Dioxide, Methamphetamine
Maybe one day I'll think about settling
Put on the kettle and maybe watch a little bit of telivision
Think I lost touch, Don't know shit cause I'm always fucked
High on life, Why do I get by on shit my wife don't like
Lots of crying, Lots of crimes
Lots of lying, Not so wise
What's the time?
Time applied
Something, Something, What's the rhyme
Never find love at the bottom of a bottle
No role model but I'm rolling with models
Chosen wise I've chosen poorly, Same ol' story
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
Come taste the rainbow, come taste the rainbow
Where did today go? Where did today go?
Mmmm
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
Come taste the rainbow, come taste the rainbow
Where did today go? Where did today go?
Mmmm
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
I used to look up, But now I look down
I used to look up, But now I look down
Bet you're too afraid to take a look at me now
I used to look up, But now I look down
Come take a look at me
Never put me on a pedestal
Terrible things I've done just call me indelible
Can't clean up my conscience, cause they were all ultra
God damn I'm cultured, Eat chicks up just like a Vulture
I was never like this then I got older
Some say wiser, Some say cold
Don't say I didn't warn you, Already told you
Flash Bastard, So plastered
Been too loud ever since classroom
I'm just battling demons, Seemingly it's what I'm always tossed with
On purpose constant curses just gets worse and worse
Plus a bit of Asperges, ADHD, OCD, I'm OTT
Without the need of Coke or Ketamine, Methylin, Dioxide, Methamphetamine
Maybe one day I'll think about settling
Put on the kettle and maybe watch a little bit of telivision
Think I lost touch, Don't know shit cause I'm always fucked
High on life, Why do I get by on shit my wife don't like
Lots of crying, Lots of crimes
Lots of lying, Not so wise
What's the time?
Time applied
Something, Something, What's the rhyme
Never find love at the bottom of a bottle
No role model but I'm rolling with models
Chosen wise I've chosen poorly, Same ol' story
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
Come taste the rainbow, come taste the rainbow
Where did today go? Where did today go?
Mmmm
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
I'm missing my halo
Where did today go?
Why does it rain so much when it says so?
Let me show you all the beautiful things
What do they know?
Come taste the rainbow
Come taste the rainbow, come taste the rainbow
Where did today go? Where did today go?
Mmmm
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Oohhh
Always gonna live like it's my last day
Lyrics submitted by TheSupervisor
Come Taste the Rainbow Lyrics as written by Elliot John Gleave Benga
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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