"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.
Our life was never meant to be
All that it turned out to be for me
Was a memory
Blacked out and buried
And I
I used to know you all too well
I saw this going straight to hell with it
Afraid to walk away or say the things I meant
It wouldn't stop these feelings
But you should know how the story goes
It's a love so hot but then it turns so cold
In time I, I won't get by
Help me, save me, stay with me a little while
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
Was it you
I found you in the corner of the blackest night
I felt your arms around me as you held me tight
If this could be our ending then I'd make things right
I swear I'd never leave your side
If you gave up everything and you moved here with me
I swear I'd do it right I'd be your everything
I'll beg you please
A fuse to light the sign
I'll make you mine and we can just run free
And what a perfect life you'd share with me
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
You had the world around me,
But we failed to keep this breathing
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
It hurts the most when you
You feel that close but you
You can't believe this could be our last goodbye
And when the shots hit you
You're falling back to the
Memories that you see have left you blind
Someway, somehow, someday I'll be just fine
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
All that it turned out to be for me
Was a memory
Blacked out and buried
And I
I used to know you all too well
I saw this going straight to hell with it
Afraid to walk away or say the things I meant
It wouldn't stop these feelings
But you should know how the story goes
It's a love so hot but then it turns so cold
In time I, I won't get by
Help me, save me, stay with me a little while
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
Was it you
I found you in the corner of the blackest night
I felt your arms around me as you held me tight
If this could be our ending then I'd make things right
I swear I'd never leave your side
If you gave up everything and you moved here with me
I swear I'd do it right I'd be your everything
I'll beg you please
A fuse to light the sign
I'll make you mine and we can just run free
And what a perfect life you'd share with me
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
You had the world around me,
But we failed to keep this breathing
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
It hurts the most when you
You feel that close but you
You can't believe this could be our last goodbye
And when the shots hit you
You're falling back to the
Memories that you see have left you blind
Someway, somehow, someday I'll be just fine
I wanna say what my heart can't say to you
It's not enough for a love I never knew
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
When all that's left is nothing
You get what you get
When you give and you gave it all
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
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