"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.
Go your own way rid lies burn the stitches that held your eyes shut vacate and wonder rid time take off reminders and strive to shine you said you've got it and I believe that you've got it and that you'll survive our hearts have exchanged the gifts that carry us over the walls that blind us the walls that bind us the walls that stand too tall to conquer alone bring back your wisdom to trade bring back the words you've saved teach me so that I may teach on we reach we learn we don't we burn on the inside as well as the out we search to solve how to not dissolve on the inside as well as the out so you're at war with yourself with space and time you'll find a breakthrough if you don't lose what's real you have our blessing clear your conscience and ride away
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