"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.
Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous
Spends his time alone in the basement
With Lennon and Cobain and
A guitar and a stereo
While he wishes he could escape this
But it all seems so contagious
Not to be yourself and faceless
In a song that has no soul
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
And I remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
Oh, Tina's losing faith in what she knows
Hates her music, hates all of her clothes
Thinks of surgery and a new nose
Every calorie is a war
And while she wishes she was a dancer
And that she'd never heard of cancer
She wishes God would give her some answers
And make her feel beautiful
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
I remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
One day
You'll have to let it go
You'll have to let it go, no
One day
You'll stand up on your own
You'll stand up on your own, yeah
Remember losing hope
Remember feeling low
Remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
One day (We are we are all innocent)
You'll have to let it go (We are all innocent)
You'll have to let it go, no (We are we are)
One day (We are we are all innocent)
You'll stand up on your own (We are all innocent)
You'll stand up on your own, yeah
We are we are all innocent
Spends his time alone in the basement
With Lennon and Cobain and
A guitar and a stereo
While he wishes he could escape this
But it all seems so contagious
Not to be yourself and faceless
In a song that has no soul
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
And I remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
Oh, Tina's losing faith in what she knows
Hates her music, hates all of her clothes
Thinks of surgery and a new nose
Every calorie is a war
And while she wishes she was a dancer
And that she'd never heard of cancer
She wishes God would give her some answers
And make her feel beautiful
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
I remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
One day
You'll have to let it go
You'll have to let it go, no
One day
You'll stand up on your own
You'll stand up on your own, yeah
Remember losing hope
Remember feeling low
Remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
We are we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are we are
One day (We are we are all innocent)
You'll have to let it go (We are all innocent)
You'll have to let it go, no (We are we are)
One day (We are we are all innocent)
You'll stand up on your own (We are all innocent)
You'll stand up on your own, yeah
We are we are all innocent
Lyrics submitted by alonewithouthope
Innocent Lyrics as written by Jeremy Taggart Michael Maida
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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