"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.
Midnight coming, I can feel it in the air
I hear your voice, run your fingers through my hair
I reach out for your hand but I know it isn't there
I pick up my phone and I shiver and I stare
Morning coming early every day
I can barely sleep, I been lying here awake
I close my eyes, I see you with some guy
Laughing like you never even knew I was alive
Maybe I'm a fool, doesn't matter anyway
My chest is all tight, my heart still aches
These are the days, you need double what it takes
I've missed you so much I shiver and I shake
I've missed you so much I shiver and I shake
I've been waiting here like a dog at the door
You used to throw me scraps, you don't do it anymore
I miss your loving touch, I miss your embrace
But if I wait here any longer I'm gonna fade away
If I wait here any longer I'll just fade away
I hear your voice, run your fingers through my hair
I reach out for your hand but I know it isn't there
I pick up my phone and I shiver and I stare
Morning coming early every day
I can barely sleep, I been lying here awake
I close my eyes, I see you with some guy
Laughing like you never even knew I was alive
Maybe I'm a fool, doesn't matter anyway
My chest is all tight, my heart still aches
These are the days, you need double what it takes
I've missed you so much I shiver and I shake
I've missed you so much I shiver and I shake
I've been waiting here like a dog at the door
You used to throw me scraps, you don't do it anymore
I miss your loving touch, I miss your embrace
But if I wait here any longer I'm gonna fade away
If I wait here any longer I'll just fade away
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Shiver and Shake Lyrics as written by Ryan Adams
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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