"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 can't remember the time or place
Or what you were wearing
It's unclear about how we met
I know it was the best conversation that I've ever had
To this day I've never found someone
With eyes as wide as yours
I've been searching up and down this coast
Overlooking what I need the most
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
And everything else is irrelevant
To the story so far
A coincidence that you looked like her from afar
Is it true that you like to sleep alone?
Or is it what you just tell everyone?
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
And when the world turns over
I'll keep my ears to the wall
And when the world turns over
I'll keep my feet straight on the ground
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
Or what you were wearing
It's unclear about how we met
I know it was the best conversation that I've ever had
To this day I've never found someone
With eyes as wide as yours
I've been searching up and down this coast
Overlooking what I need the most
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
And everything else is irrelevant
To the story so far
A coincidence that you looked like her from afar
Is it true that you like to sleep alone?
Or is it what you just tell everyone?
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
And when the world turns over
I'll keep my ears to the wall
And when the world turns over
I'll keep my feet straight on the ground
Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today
Burns this away
And it starts all over again
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
(Ahh)
Until you show me how it could be
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
The Story So Far Lyrics as written by Cyrus William Bolooki Chad Everett Gilbert
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
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