"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.
Sentimental runaway
Run away
From the screaming hearts
And the parts that your brother played
Leave those shells and ice-cloned bells behind
Sentimental Runaway
Obituary
Dead in a car
Rock stars on the other tray
Put the treasure chest to the silicone test and smile
It's in your mind
Screams in the hallway, runaway
Your conscience calls but you fall to lobotomy
What's inside?
The nations ride again
Dead in a car
The star's on the other tray
Infect to detect the rise of economy
Your silicon treasure chest is in your mind
It's in your mind
I've tried to before
But I just don't understand
What it is that goes on
Inside your head
Sentimental runaway
Destiny
In the path of the noose, be the guest of monotony
Time will tell
If the theory proved the lie
Sentimental runaway
Obituary
Dead little star just a fake-out for the tragedy
Talk about the test
While the rest remain sublime
It's in your mind
I've tried to before
But I just don't understand
What it is that goes on
Inside your head
Run away
From the screaming hearts
And the parts that your brother played
Leave those shells and ice-cloned bells behind
Sentimental Runaway
Obituary
Dead in a car
Rock stars on the other tray
Put the treasure chest to the silicone test and smile
It's in your mind
Screams in the hallway, runaway
Your conscience calls but you fall to lobotomy
What's inside?
The nations ride again
Dead in a car
The star's on the other tray
Infect to detect the rise of economy
Your silicon treasure chest is in your mind
It's in your mind
I've tried to before
But I just don't understand
What it is that goes on
Inside your head
Sentimental runaway
Destiny
In the path of the noose, be the guest of monotony
Time will tell
If the theory proved the lie
Sentimental runaway
Obituary
Dead little star just a fake-out for the tragedy
Talk about the test
While the rest remain sublime
It's in your mind
I've tried to before
But I just don't understand
What it is that goes on
Inside your head
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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