"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.
My last, chance at sex was simple enough where I could breathe Why can't,
everthing just be a certain way to let me see common sense, would tell me that
the cancers eating right through me and failed tests, would tell me
that my life's in jeopardy
Why can't I breathe one more time
My last, chance at life was spent trying to burn the world with you I guess,
it's easier with three people trying to kill me
Why can't I breathe one more time So I can breathe again just breathe
fallen down so low it burns me it's tim to change the scene faith is one way to
relieve me you built this up so help me breathe
So I can breathe again why can't I breathe one more time
You're paralyzed I can't breathe
Why can't I breathe One more time
everthing just be a certain way to let me see common sense, would tell me that
the cancers eating right through me and failed tests, would tell me
that my life's in jeopardy
Why can't I breathe one more time
My last, chance at life was spent trying to burn the world with you I guess,
it's easier with three people trying to kill me
Why can't I breathe one more time So I can breathe again just breathe
fallen down so low it burns me it's tim to change the scene faith is one way to
relieve me you built this up so help me breathe
So I can breathe again why can't I breathe one more time
You're paralyzed I can't breathe
Why can't I breathe One more time
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well this song means to me that someone is dying and wondering why they can't breathe one more time and most likely he's close close to death because his soul is telling him he's paralyzed and he want is to breathe again.(sorry to all the ladies for all the he references).