"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.
Thought that I was- was a goner
Everyone had written my life off
Dreamed about better days
and hoped that I could make it happen somehow
Someone please -please help me
I'm dying from the inside out
Come to find out God loves me
Come to find out I was not alone
You found me - you found me - you found me...
Regeneration, a new sensation
the rebuilding of my broken heart
I've put my faith into action
I've got a clean, a brand new start
The more I seek, the more I find you
It seems the wonders never cease
How can I ever re-pay you
Help me Lord to see just what you say
You found me - you found me - you found me...
Empty dreams, hollow schemes
Don't get trapped into the things of this world
you'll find out like I found out
Hey! They just won't fill your life no!
You want life - Real life?
Then let Jesus find you like He found me
You found me
Everyone had written my life off
Dreamed about better days
and hoped that I could make it happen somehow
Someone please -please help me
I'm dying from the inside out
Come to find out God loves me
Come to find out I was not alone
You found me - you found me - you found me...
Regeneration, a new sensation
the rebuilding of my broken heart
I've put my faith into action
I've got a clean, a brand new start
The more I seek, the more I find you
It seems the wonders never cease
How can I ever re-pay you
Help me Lord to see just what you say
You found me - you found me - you found me...
Empty dreams, hollow schemes
Don't get trapped into the things of this world
you'll find out like I found out
Hey! They just won't fill your life no!
You want life - Real life?
Then let Jesus find you like He found me
You found me
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Mxpx is so great at covers and this is a cover from an old christian singer Keith Green! In my opinion mxpx does it better! I love em!! You want life?? not drugs sex and crap like that! REAL life is living with God! and letting him live in you! u can still be the person you are! Gotta love this song!