"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.
All the days, all the lies
On every single one
Held inside, kept alive
With every rising sun
Some they do it right
Some forgive it all
But I'm afraid I'm inclined
To fight this one alone
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
I'll accept, cause I regret
The chances come and gone
But you should learn
I'd never turn a blind eye too long
Some they do it right
Some they look away
But I'm inclined to hide my time
I'll take this to the grave
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
What on earth have I become
Deny the light despite the sun
Through these eyes I see the end
This bitter heart's been broke again
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
Throw the past away, again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
On every single one
Held inside, kept alive
With every rising sun
Some they do it right
Some forgive it all
But I'm afraid I'm inclined
To fight this one alone
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
I'll accept, cause I regret
The chances come and gone
But you should learn
I'd never turn a blind eye too long
Some they do it right
Some they look away
But I'm inclined to hide my time
I'll take this to the grave
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
What on earth have I become
Deny the light despite the sun
Through these eyes I see the end
This bitter heart's been broke again
Throw the past away, oh yet again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
Throw the past away, again
Hold the lie inside, until the end
Lyrics submitted by Garth13
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It seems to me that it's about trying to forget the past, and keeping a lie in order to keep peace.