"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.
Human behavior
Peculiar it seems
Some thrive on hate
Some love and dream
Eveyone's got a purpose
And wants to be loved
I think I found my purpose
I think I found love
Hidden inside myself
Hidden inside, inside myself
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Hate and destruction
Crashed down on our world
The stars and the stripes
The boys and the girls
It's sad it took a war
Just to bring us together
I believe in love
I believe in forever
Hidden inside ourselves
Hidden inside, inside ourselves
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
Love, hate, tragedy
Love, hate, tragedy
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy
Peculiar it seems
Some thrive on hate
Some love and dream
Eveyone's got a purpose
And wants to be loved
I think I found my purpose
I think I found love
Hidden inside myself
Hidden inside, inside myself
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Hate and destruction
Crashed down on our world
The stars and the stripes
The boys and the girls
It's sad it took a war
Just to bring us together
I believe in love
I believe in forever
Hidden inside ourselves
Hidden inside, inside ourselves
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
You better run
You better run
For your life
For your life
Shed a tear
Shed a tear
Live in fear
Love, hate, tragedy
Love, hate, tragedy
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Strikes when you least expect it
Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy
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Lovehatetragedy Lyrics as written by Jacoby Shaddix David Buckner
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I agree with Down, this definitely seems like it's about Sept. 11 and the aftermath