"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'll keep my sights on waking dream
I gave my life to the vile be me
I am but one of a dying breed
Hate kills this world, but it won't kill me
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
Fake plastic life, full of wasted years
The lost inside, diabolic fear
I feel no fault for the fault I feel
Hope drains this world, but it won't drain me
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
Run
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
I'm breaking the silence, I'm falling down with you
I gave my life to the vile be me
I am but one of a dying breed
Hate kills this world, but it won't kill me
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
Fake plastic life, full of wasted years
The lost inside, diabolic fear
I feel no fault for the fault I feel
Hope drains this world, but it won't drain me
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
Run
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you
(Wake up! I break up the silence, I, I break up the silence)
I'm chasing the righteous becoming a part of you
I'm breaking the silence, I'm falling down with you
Lyrics submitted by i.writer, edited by jizi801, tibeirar, BackupPanic, ChaosRainmaker
Breaking the Silence Lyrics as written by Benjamin Burnley
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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I'm breaking the silence I'm falling apart for you ---> I think this whole song is directed to a woman. They're over and through with their relationship or maybe she was just a friend that he never got the chance to really be with. He's falling apart over this person and what they've done to him. His feelings and everything he wanted is so intense that it's making him suffer. It was real love to him, or could have been. He chasing things in life that makes him feel closer or more relatable to her; like the practice of being a good person "chasing the righteous"
Fake plastic life, full of wasted years The lost inside, diabolic fear I feel no fault for the fault I feel Hope drains this world, but it won't drain me ----> It brushes on how people are fake and being fake can wear you out but he's not going to go down like the rest and have hope drain him.
His tone expresses much of the song's meaning. He's angry over something his loved one did... I think....
Ultimately... I feel like he's saying he's not going to be worn out with all the faking he has to do in order to keep the one he loves but he kind of contradicts himself and really is close to breaking down completely...so he shouts, "run."
I think most people have tried to seem like they're something they're not in their life when you meet someone who you love and really want things to work out with... so you try to be what they like and what they're into so you can keep them happy or just so you get to be their "perfect" guy. To me, that's sort of what the song is about. But he's frustrated.
I could be way off.