"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'm hiding in the attic but I'll never admit it
It dawns on me for a while
Waiting for my moonchild
The one who makes me smile
Our memories remain wild
I'm hiding in the attic but only to forget
Been throwing stones for ages
And history keeps turning pages
I would never give anything less
Now that I'm almost famous
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Of what I've become
That's the one thing you never see
And I'm hiding in the attic trying to live the moment
And it's everything it's worth
For ones last night on earth
Whether fact or fiction it hurts
It carries from my own birth
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Of what I've become
That's the one thing you never see
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And there is only one who makes me smile
So here I wait for my moonchild
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Run through my blood, through my blood, run
You know I would if I could
It dawns on me for a while
Waiting for my moonchild
The one who makes me smile
Our memories remain wild
I'm hiding in the attic but only to forget
Been throwing stones for ages
And history keeps turning pages
I would never give anything less
Now that I'm almost famous
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Of what I've become
That's the one thing you never see
And I'm hiding in the attic trying to live the moment
And it's everything it's worth
For ones last night on earth
Whether fact or fiction it hurts
It carries from my own birth
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Of what I've become
That's the one thing you never see
When it gets dark I tell you that I have no sanity
But deep down you know it's my fantasy
And there is only one who makes me smile
So here I wait for my moonchild
And these thoughts just flood and run through my blood
Run through my blood, through my blood, run
You know I would if I could
Lyrics submitted by mysterioso
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