"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 was somewhere lost in England
I was somewhere far from you
Thinking about all the words we chose to use
And I know that it seems selfish
But it's easier on me
To move away in a half-light while you sleep
Why would I wait
Wait for words
I should do anything for you
Will you wait for me in London
Will you clear me out a space
Bring me the bones of mistakes that we have made
And I know I have to say it
But I'm sorry from the start
Come back to me, come back to me
Why would I wait
Wait for words
I should do anything for you
Oh stay
I'd do anything
For you
I was somewhere far from you
Thinking about all the words we chose to use
And I know that it seems selfish
But it's easier on me
To move away in a half-light while you sleep
Why would I wait
Wait for words
I should do anything for you
Will you wait for me in London
Will you clear me out a space
Bring me the bones of mistakes that we have made
And I know I have to say it
But I'm sorry from the start
Come back to me, come back to me
Why would I wait
Wait for words
I should do anything for you
Oh stay
I'd do anything
For you
Lyrics submitted by Azazel23
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