"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.
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice now
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhh
Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We tried to wash our hands of all of this
And never talk of our lacking relationships
Or how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise...
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice now
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhh
Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We tried to wash our hands of all of this
And never talk of our lacking relationships
Or how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise...
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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The original was one of my favorite songs ever and I used to play it all the time on my radio show back in college. *WARNING: What follows is the lead singers description of the song summed up from a 2001 posting on the bands web-site (vervepipings.com since defunct) !! **
Brian Vander Ark (the singer/song writer) said that the song was about his relationship at a young age with his very serious at the time girlfriend who became pregnant. Instead of getting married they opted for an abortion, and the song talks about dealing with that pain. HE STATES THAT THE GIRLS SUICIDE WAS POETIC LICENSE for the song, but that the relationship and abortion were real. The name of the song actually comes from a reference to their youth, as well as having been the name of a movie (w/ Marlon Brando) that he had watched the night before. He claims after writing the lyrics "I realised we were all kinda freshmen."
Brian goes on to conclude the post saying that the song has a life of its own, and it is important that it means whatever it has to for whoever needs it. The above meaning being only his as the writer, not the total summation of the song.
If I can find a stable url for the original post I'll try and put it up. Great song though!