"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.
A woman beneath this thirsty moon
She´s been my vision of delight
Her pictures spinning through my head
To set a fire through the night
But what am I supposed to do about it
These restless waters running dry
Stared at this scene, not knowing what it means
Until she slowly faded out of sight
All the words were dropping out of line
It feels so lonely all the time
Getting lost within our dream
She said there ain't much to worry ´bout
And if I do then I should wonder why
Need to get rid of all my naive foolishness
See that to love it still means to fight
Though it all feels so forlorn now
The myth that I came to repent
Is waiting just to be reborn and
Together we´ll be once again
I bet I´ll meet you in the end
Bound to this selfish old moon
Whose wailing winds won´t lead me to my bride
When all the pain´s been washed away by silent rain
I know we´ll end up all our strife
And may love again
She´s been my vision of delight
Her pictures spinning through my head
To set a fire through the night
But what am I supposed to do about it
These restless waters running dry
Stared at this scene, not knowing what it means
Until she slowly faded out of sight
All the words were dropping out of line
It feels so lonely all the time
Getting lost within our dream
She said there ain't much to worry ´bout
And if I do then I should wonder why
Need to get rid of all my naive foolishness
See that to love it still means to fight
Though it all feels so forlorn now
The myth that I came to repent
Is waiting just to be reborn and
Together we´ll be once again
I bet I´ll meet you in the end
Bound to this selfish old moon
Whose wailing winds won´t lead me to my bride
When all the pain´s been washed away by silent rain
I know we´ll end up all our strife
And may love again
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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