"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.
Remember Pericles?
He democratized the city with his mind
A little wisdom never hurt anyone--
Tell that to Socrates!
Telling the citizens what they needed to hear
But still they fed him hemlock
Now, the Greeks don't speak my language
I don't get the relevance
I am irreverent
I have no reverence
Show me no deference, I'll do the same for you
Did you ever know you're my tragic hero?
You be the pity
I'll be the fear
And every subscriber will know what a truly great man you are
In the conference room he said to me quote:
"Avoid your generation's proclivity for irony and negativity, held so commonly
Don't let me down, son.
There was a car, the wheels came off it,
And I know that nobody never made a profit.
Center your gravity, boy.
I'm counting on you to be my protege."
Cast it off with a wrist flip
Your footsteps are filling up
Every time you turn around
You can see the idols and you'll be knockin' 'em down
One, two, three, four
Did you ever know you're my tragic hero?
You be the pity, I'll be the fear
And every advertiser will know what a truly great man you truly are
Some wear their politics like angora
Some take it on like a mantle
Some can't hold the candle
Some touch, some dabble
But not him!
Tragic hero
You're my tragic hero
He's my tragic hero
He democratized the city with his mind
A little wisdom never hurt anyone--
Tell that to Socrates!
Telling the citizens what they needed to hear
But still they fed him hemlock
Now, the Greeks don't speak my language
I don't get the relevance
I am irreverent
I have no reverence
Show me no deference, I'll do the same for you
Did you ever know you're my tragic hero?
You be the pity
I'll be the fear
And every subscriber will know what a truly great man you are
In the conference room he said to me quote:
"Avoid your generation's proclivity for irony and negativity, held so commonly
Don't let me down, son.
There was a car, the wheels came off it,
And I know that nobody never made a profit.
Center your gravity, boy.
I'm counting on you to be my protege."
Cast it off with a wrist flip
Your footsteps are filling up
Every time you turn around
You can see the idols and you'll be knockin' 'em down
One, two, three, four
Did you ever know you're my tragic hero?
You be the pity, I'll be the fear
And every advertiser will know what a truly great man you truly are
Some wear their politics like angora
Some take it on like a mantle
Some can't hold the candle
Some touch, some dabble
But not him!
Tragic hero
You're my tragic hero
He's my tragic hero
Lyrics submitted by Kustard
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isn't it something to do with greek tragedys?
but that's as far as i know, we were talking about them in an english lesson and she mentioned lots of things from this song.