"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.
How the god is mixed in
The evil it does blend
In this drink that we all taste.
And when the bottle is gone
I hope I can look upon
All that I’ve done with a smile
And bright and overflowing eyes,
Reflecting upon all they’ve seen
With the same glow as the
Child born March 8th 1977.
Please make my arrow shoot straight
I’m tired of all the shots that missed
It’s one thing that I won’t miss
Betrayal in a kiss.
When I finally hit my target
There were four hands that held the bow
And I realized I am not alone
I am not the only archer
Not alone with crooked arrows
Not alone with these crooked arrows.
The evil it does blend
In this drink that we all taste.
And when the bottle is gone
I hope I can look upon
All that I’ve done with a smile
And bright and overflowing eyes,
Reflecting upon all they’ve seen
With the same glow as the
Child born March 8th 1977.
Please make my arrow shoot straight
I’m tired of all the shots that missed
It’s one thing that I won’t miss
Betrayal in a kiss.
When I finally hit my target
There were four hands that held the bow
And I realized I am not alone
I am not the only archer
Not alone with crooked arrows
Not alone with these crooked arrows.
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