"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.
I've learned how to wait. I know not to beg.
I know I shouldn't ask why I wake up feeling dead.
(Say forever, that's a dirty word
Will you stay here, that's a dirty girl)
Performance of your life, performance of my life,
performance of your life.
(Act two, scene four line three
I want this room, just for me, just for me)
You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time
You said that love's never kind,
I memorize these lines, practice them every night.
We can talk it out, tell each other lies.
We can just pretend today isn't goodbye.
(It will be soon, now heard that before
You better polish your speech
before you hit the floor...)
Performance of your life, performance of my life,
performance of your life
(Act two, scene four line three
I want this room, just for me, just for me)
You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time
You said that love's never kind,
I memorize these lines, practice them every night.
Wont you tell me what are we fighting for?
Do you want me here do you know for sure?
(You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time)
You know the coldest face is the worst to me
and I won't calm down till I get to you
You know that I wish I could undo this role
Let's go back to what, what we came here for
I know I shouldn't ask why I wake up feeling dead.
(Say forever, that's a dirty word
Will you stay here, that's a dirty girl)
Performance of your life, performance of my life,
performance of your life.
(Act two, scene four line three
I want this room, just for me, just for me)
You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time
You said that love's never kind,
I memorize these lines, practice them every night.
We can talk it out, tell each other lies.
We can just pretend today isn't goodbye.
(It will be soon, now heard that before
You better polish your speech
before you hit the floor...)
Performance of your life, performance of my life,
performance of your life
(Act two, scene four line three
I want this room, just for me, just for me)
You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time
You said that love's never kind,
I memorize these lines, practice them every night.
Wont you tell me what are we fighting for?
Do you want me here do you know for sure?
(You said you'd never be mine,
you swore it to me until the end of time)
You know the coldest face is the worst to me
and I won't calm down till I get to you
You know that I wish I could undo this role
Let's go back to what, what we came here for
Lyrics submitted by OwnPersonalDemon
Memorize Your Lines Lyrics as written by Corin Lisa Tucker Carrie Rachel Brownstein
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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