"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 tied your shoes while you
Sat and watched the rain
Hands folded across your lap and the dull
Look of peace across your face
Mom down the hall, Bible pressed to her chest
When she swore the Devil hides in everything
And her room was the only safe haven left
She watched us grow through window panes
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
You had held my hand while the
Wind whistled nocturnes in the dark
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
Never knew what it meant to be whole and free
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
Neither one of them mocks if we steer
From paths only they can see
But sink or swim is all they'd say
Your hand rode the wind out
The window of the train
We slept in our seats with our
Knees curled beneath our dirty chins
Dad gripped the bags like they might fly away
And the scenery beyond the glass was liquid
We sat and soaked it in
I felt your breath along the way
I'd hold your hand when the sky fell apart
And you would hold my hand if you
Felt me slipping back into the dark
I can't tell from the ground
If the sky will fall
I can't tell from the sky if
There's anybody down there at all
It's empty inns and empty plates
Sat and watched the rain
Hands folded across your lap and the dull
Look of peace across your face
Mom down the hall, Bible pressed to her chest
When she swore the Devil hides in everything
And her room was the only safe haven left
She watched us grow through window panes
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
You had held my hand while the
Wind whistled nocturnes in the dark
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
Never knew what it meant to be whole and free
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something in the middle
Something's in the way
Neither one of them mocks if we steer
From paths only they can see
But sink or swim is all they'd say
Your hand rode the wind out
The window of the train
We slept in our seats with our
Knees curled beneath our dirty chins
Dad gripped the bags like they might fly away
And the scenery beyond the glass was liquid
We sat and soaked it in
I felt your breath along the way
I'd hold your hand when the sky fell apart
And you would hold my hand if you
Felt me slipping back into the dark
I can't tell from the ground
If the sky will fall
I can't tell from the sky if
There's anybody down there at all
It's empty inns and empty plates
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I think he last line is "it's an empty empty place"
I'm posting these as comments rather than editing the lyrics because I'm not sure if they are correct. I have just made 1 edit to the lyrics which I am absolutely sure of.
I also requested Ben for the official lyrics.
Thanks for the input, I think all of your lyrics make a lot of sense. I revised the lyrics to reflect all of those changes, and look forward to any further updates from Ben himself. Feel free to edit them once you know, I don't mind being wrong so long as we get to the right words in the end.
Me too. I hate listing to a song and not knowing the lyrics. I'll update them if I get the official.