"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.
If every day was the same
I would have died years ago
My calendar is marked
With blood red x's
For every twenty-four hours I've suffered through
Today has been cluttered with
Broken teeth and filthy stitches
And a conscience that won't shut up
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
It says a lot about the difference between me and you
But if you're all I've got
I'll have nothing left
After what I'm about to do
Let's begin this autumn drive
One jerk of the wheel,
We'll see how cold this November water really is
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
I'd like to kill somebody
Say it like you mean it
I'd like to kill somebody
Let's go for a ride Otis
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through infected wounds
And softened scars again
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through your infected wounds
And softened scars
It's my favorite kind of day
Filled with the things we fear
They'll find us where we sleep
And fuck us where we breathe
And not just fade away
Well I'd like you to fade away
I'd like you to fade away
The way I let you fade away
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day
I would have died years ago
My calendar is marked
With blood red x's
For every twenty-four hours I've suffered through
Today has been cluttered with
Broken teeth and filthy stitches
And a conscience that won't shut up
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
It says a lot about the difference between me and you
But if you're all I've got
I'll have nothing left
After what I'm about to do
Let's begin this autumn drive
One jerk of the wheel,
We'll see how cold this November water really is
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
I'd like to kill somebody
Say it like you mean it
I'd like to kill somebody
Let's go for a ride Otis
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through infected wounds
And softened scars again
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through your infected wounds
And softened scars
It's my favorite kind of day
Filled with the things we fear
They'll find us where we sleep
And fuck us where we breathe
And not just fade away
Well I'd like you to fade away
I'd like you to fade away
The way I let you fade away
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day
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