"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.
Losing
Losing my faith in
The world that surrounds me
Am I
Am I the only one
To constantly question it all
So
So far away
It’s ourselves that we betray
How has it come to this?
We are but drones
Silenced, led amiss
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
Calling
Calling for action
I demand that you question
Are you
Are you content with the truth?
That they have fed down to you
Think
Think for yourselves
You must break out from this hell
How has it come to this?
We are but drones
Silenced, led amiss
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
We must break
We must break free from this hell
We must break
We must break free from this hell
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
Just save yourself
Save yourself
Losing my faith in
The world that surrounds me
Am I
Am I the only one
To constantly question it all
So
So far away
It’s ourselves that we betray
How has it come to this?
We are but drones
Silenced, led amiss
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
Calling
Calling for action
I demand that you question
Are you
Are you content with the truth?
That they have fed down to you
Think
Think for yourselves
You must break out from this hell
How has it come to this?
We are but drones
Silenced, led amiss
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
We must break
We must break free from this hell
We must break
We must break free from this hell
Bearer of light
Break down the walls
Remove the chains
Run towards the night
Blind leading the blind to the sea
They’re drowning
Blind leading the blind to the edge
They’re falling down
You hear them calling
But it’s too late for them
Now claim freedom
Save yourself
Just save yourself
Save yourself
Lyrics submitted by shaneanderson9
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