"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 back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
(Come back, come back, breaker one)
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one (I'm the warning)
Come back, come back, breaker one
You've seen the way when I hold you tight
You sleep beside me
There is a slope like an appetite
It descends slowly
And I fear my deep maker
The ache inside, go away
The vacant mind just awaits
An explosion from the bright side
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
(Come back, come back, breaker one)
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
You've seen the way how it happens, right?
This beast inside me
It leads the way then is at my side
The feast turns to starving
And I feel my deep maker
The ache inside, go away
My achenes all of days, surrenders of a wild side
I'm inclined cause I've seen my dreams deep fried
And I take my turns in stride to speed my feet, away
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
Come back, come back, breaker one
Days begun, grace become
Makes weak I just went through so much hell
Went through so much, darling
See my deep maker, the ache inside, go away
The patience to climb all day
The remnants of a mountain
I'm inclined 'cause I need my needs to get by
And I've paid my turns in kind to speed my feet, away
Come back, come back, final warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
Come back, come back, breaker one
(Come back, come back, breaker one)
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one (I'm the warning)
Come back, come back, breaker one
You've seen the way when I hold you tight
You sleep beside me
There is a slope like an appetite
It descends slowly
And I fear my deep maker
The ache inside, go away
The vacant mind just awaits
An explosion from the bright side
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
(Come back, come back, breaker one)
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
You've seen the way how it happens, right?
This beast inside me
It leads the way then is at my side
The feast turns to starving
And I feel my deep maker
The ache inside, go away
My achenes all of days, surrenders of a wild side
I'm inclined cause I've seen my dreams deep fried
And I take my turns in stride to speed my feet, away
Come back, come back, I'm the warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
Come back, come back, breaker one
Days begun, grace become
Makes weak I just went through so much hell
Went through so much, darling
See my deep maker, the ache inside, go away
The patience to climb all day
The remnants of a mountain
I'm inclined 'cause I need my needs to get by
And I've paid my turns in kind to speed my feet, away
Come back, come back, final warning
Come back, come back, breaker one
Lyrics submitted by Moonwink, edited by victoria1p, Grace07, goddamnboxes
Breaker 1 Lyrics as written by Paul Julian Banks Daniel Alexander Kessler
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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