"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.
She's the cause of my sorrow, she's the start of my grief
She's the bug in the blossom, she's the late falling leaf
I'm her priest and her poet, I'm her serf and not her king
She's the root of my evil, It's now what I think
Speak to me gently or curse me, she wanted to be bold
She said it was too late, that she needs some time and space
She did not want me, she did not want me
She didn't care, she didn't want to be told it is not fair
She didn't want me, she did not care
She acts like I do not exist anymore, anymore, anymore
Love and passion are her minions, she is the starter at the end
Since her sentence has been given, I grind my pride in the sand
I dropped the question on her plate, was it ever time for you and me?
So how could I prevent you'd spit me out in the end?
She didn't answer, she didn't answer, she did not speak
She didn't answer, to the meek
She didn't answer, she didn't answer, she did not speak
She hides and left me deceit, let me seek, let me seek
She did not want me, she didn't care
She didn't want to be told it is not fair
She didn't want me, she did not care
She acts like I do not exist anymore, anymore anymore
She's the bug in the blossom, she's the late falling leaf
I'm her priest and her poet, I'm her serf and not her king
She's the root of my evil, It's now what I think
Speak to me gently or curse me, she wanted to be bold
She said it was too late, that she needs some time and space
She did not want me, she did not want me
She didn't care, she didn't want to be told it is not fair
She didn't want me, she did not care
She acts like I do not exist anymore, anymore, anymore
Love and passion are her minions, she is the starter at the end
Since her sentence has been given, I grind my pride in the sand
I dropped the question on her plate, was it ever time for you and me?
So how could I prevent you'd spit me out in the end?
She didn't answer, she didn't answer, she did not speak
She didn't answer, to the meek
She didn't answer, she didn't answer, she did not speak
She hides and left me deceit, let me seek, let me seek
She did not want me, she didn't care
She didn't want to be told it is not fair
She didn't want me, she did not care
She acts like I do not exist anymore, anymore anymore
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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