"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.
Help me understand
The war you're fighting
We'll never have a chance
If you fire blindly
You're circling the atmosphere
Unsure if I'll disappear
I'm not going nowhere
Open your eyes
I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
You say your heart is made of glass
If you fall apart then I'll glue you back
Well, I'm made of paper mäché
And I'll blow away if I can't make you stay
You're circling the atmosphere
Unsure if I'll disappear
I'm not going nowhere
Open your eyes
I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
Your safe place to land
And I'm always gonna break your fall, ooh
If you let me be your safety net even when I know you're wrong
And I'll always be your tried and true
Yeah
When your wings give out on you
And I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
The bright lights that shine and guide you back
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
Your safe place to land, ooh
Like you never had
The war you're fighting
We'll never have a chance
If you fire blindly
You're circling the atmosphere
Unsure if I'll disappear
I'm not going nowhere
Open your eyes
I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
You say your heart is made of glass
If you fall apart then I'll glue you back
Well, I'm made of paper mäché
And I'll blow away if I can't make you stay
You're circling the atmosphere
Unsure if I'll disappear
I'm not going nowhere
Open your eyes
I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
Your safe place to land
And I'm always gonna break your fall, ooh
If you let me be your safety net even when I know you're wrong
And I'll always be your tried and true
Yeah
When your wings give out on you
And I'm always
Gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
The bright lights that shine and guide you back
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
The ground beneath your feet
Like you never had
Like you never had
When you're at ten thousand feet
No parachute
You got my hand
I'm always gonna be
Your safe place to land
Safe place to land
Your safe place to land, ooh
Like you never had
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