"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.
hold the phone
but dont hold your breath
this is not a test
its not a question of what i feel for you
and im sorry too
did we go too far
too far to return to the way things were
remember the nites that i spent in your arms feelings so wonderfull i wonder where theyve gone
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you why i run away
so tonite when i look you straight in the eyes
conversation runs dry and i say nothing
nothing
but remember those nites that i spent in your arms feelings so wonderfull
i wonder where theyve gone
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you
but i know you would never hurt me the way i hurt you
but i know you would never hurt me the way i hurt you
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you
run away from you
but dont hold your breath
this is not a test
its not a question of what i feel for you
and im sorry too
did we go too far
too far to return to the way things were
remember the nites that i spent in your arms feelings so wonderfull i wonder where theyve gone
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you why i run away
so tonite when i look you straight in the eyes
conversation runs dry and i say nothing
nothing
but remember those nites that i spent in your arms feelings so wonderfull
i wonder where theyve gone
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you
but i know you would never hurt me the way i hurt you
but i know you would never hurt me the way i hurt you
but i cant find the reason why
why i run away from you
run away from you
Lyrics submitted by LosTLoR
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