"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.
Maybe when the room is empty
Maybe when the bottle's full
Maybe when the door gets broke down
Love can break in
And maybe when I'm done with thinking
Maybe you can think me whole
Maybe when I'm done with endings
This can begin
This can begin
This can begin
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
Maybe when your hair gets darker
Maybe when your eyes get wide
Maybe when the walls are smaller
There will be more space
And maybe when I'm not so tired
Maybe you can step inside
Maybe when I look for things
That I can't replace
I can't replace
I can't replace
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
If I could be your first real heartache
I would do it over again
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your heroine
Well, I never thought you'd last
I never dreamed you would
You watch your life go past
You wonder if you should
If you should be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
If I could be your first real heartache
I would do it over again
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your heroine
Whoa, you know
You only burn my bridges
Whoa, you know
You just can't let it sink in
You could be my heroine
You could be my heroine
Maybe when the bottle's full
Maybe when the door gets broke down
Love can break in
And maybe when I'm done with thinking
Maybe you can think me whole
Maybe when I'm done with endings
This can begin
This can begin
This can begin
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
Maybe when your hair gets darker
Maybe when your eyes get wide
Maybe when the walls are smaller
There will be more space
And maybe when I'm not so tired
Maybe you can step inside
Maybe when I look for things
That I can't replace
I can't replace
I can't replace
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
If I could be your first real heartache
I would do it over again
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your heroine
Well, I never thought you'd last
I never dreamed you would
You watch your life go past
You wonder if you should
If you should be my punk rock princess
I would be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be something
If I could be your first real heartache
I would do it over again
If you could be my punk rock princess
I would be your heroine
Whoa, you know
You only burn my bridges
Whoa, you know
You just can't let it sink in
You could be my heroine
You could be my heroine
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Punk Rock Princess Lyrics as written by Andrew Ross Mcmahon
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man i love this song, great band. i want a punk rock princess! the way i interpret it is just a guy who is in love with a girl, and hes reaching out to her. and yeah i think its BRIDGES as well.