"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.
You've never come close to seeing what I've always had to face.
Image blatant and obvious
What's there more to assess?
Never looking beyond the frontal
All your present fears.
I hope to never be caught again by the visions too clear.
Erase it.
Deface it.
Conceal it.
Just take it for the face value
Concealment, nonetheless.
Just take it for the face value
You never know what you may get.
A wise man carried on about what you see is what you get.
I've peeled off covers,
Revealing what I want to forget.
Why not go base yourself on simple visages.
Scarring the complexion or scratching the surface.
Image blatant and obvious
What's there more to assess?
Never looking beyond the frontal
All your present fears.
I hope to never be caught again by the visions too clear.
Erase it.
Deface it.
Conceal it.
Just take it for the face value
Concealment, nonetheless.
Just take it for the face value
You never know what you may get.
A wise man carried on about what you see is what you get.
I've peeled off covers,
Revealing what I want to forget.
Why not go base yourself on simple visages.
Scarring the complexion or scratching the surface.
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Face Value Lyrics as written by Raven Parsons
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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