"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.
welcome to the lonesome world of abel
where every brother's knife is set to slay you
and paranoia keeps you healthy
crooked deals can keep you wealthy
serum vials to help you when you're sad
every other face is bent and broken
wrap your teeth around the only game in town
made your clothes from insulation
break your day for pay and ration
hide
hide
hide...
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
relax and all these whores will lick the membrane
just a touch, a stain, a hole in your brain
it's cold when you remove the nails
beg for more when all else fails
serum vials to help you when you're sad
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
the way the sea reflects the sun
long gone
and all the miracles of love
long gone
you hold your heart out in your hand
one last long sigh gone
one last long sigh gone...
when you see the sores you can't believe them
pathogenic lovers in a basement cell
dirty white sheets cut up in strips
cracks in the mirror and your mind slips
serum vials to help you when you're sad
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
killed by an angel
killed by an angel...
where every brother's knife is set to slay you
and paranoia keeps you healthy
crooked deals can keep you wealthy
serum vials to help you when you're sad
every other face is bent and broken
wrap your teeth around the only game in town
made your clothes from insulation
break your day for pay and ration
hide
hide
hide...
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
relax and all these whores will lick the membrane
just a touch, a stain, a hole in your brain
it's cold when you remove the nails
beg for more when all else fails
serum vials to help you when you're sad
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
the way the sea reflects the sun
long gone
and all the miracles of love
long gone
you hold your heart out in your hand
one last long sigh gone
one last long sigh gone...
when you see the sores you can't believe them
pathogenic lovers in a basement cell
dirty white sheets cut up in strips
cracks in the mirror and your mind slips
serum vials to help you when you're sad
killed by an angel
lost inside amazing colors
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
let's say you found a gun;
how would your bad side burn?
it's never how you feel
it comes in a bottle
killed by an angel
killed by an angel...
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sorry to say; youre all wrong, Snocore04 is right.