"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.
Every cut leaves a painful scar
Every wish needs a shooting star
Bruises fade but underneath the surface...
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
Every lie leaves an open sore
Every deceit gives you hope once more
Bruises fade but underneath the surface
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
Begging you for more
It will never leave me alone
Always coming back , coming back for more
Why wont you love me?
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
It will never leave me alone
why wont you love me?
Every wish needs a shooting star
Bruises fade but underneath the surface...
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
Every lie leaves an open sore
Every deceit gives you hope once more
Bruises fade but underneath the surface
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
Begging you for more
It will never leave me alone
Always coming back , coming back for more
Why wont you love me?
It all remains
Just the same
It will stick around
For as long as you keep it alive
And all the hate
Will finally break you down
It wont heal if you keep it inside
It will never leave me alone
why wont you love me?
Lyrics submitted by ShiverForMe
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first to post. woohoo. haha Anywho, this song is really awesome and meaningful to me. It describes nearly to perfection a state of depression I used to be in. I still love the song. I know I say this about a lot of songs, but this really is powerful.