"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.
I still wonder when the medicine will take it's effect
And the injection they made, it's all just left me the same
It's hard to concentrate with echoes of your voice in my head
From all you said, I'm still paralyzed
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things
That I'll regret, that I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things that I'll regret
That I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
I can't remember if I ever took a minute to say
That if it had to be now, I'm glad it had to be me
I can't recuperate, I'm never going to leave here alive
Just help me through this
Don't let me die here
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things
That I'll regret, that I'll regret
My time is over
And I can't do this alone
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things that I'll regret
That I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
I'm killing time just trying to find the words that fall so short of you
I'm losing sleep, I can't compete, I'm giving up
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
And the injection they made, it's all just left me the same
It's hard to concentrate with echoes of your voice in my head
From all you said, I'm still paralyzed
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things
That I'll regret, that I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things that I'll regret
That I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
I can't remember if I ever took a minute to say
That if it had to be now, I'm glad it had to be me
I can't recuperate, I'm never going to leave here alive
Just help me through this
Don't let me die here
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things
That I'll regret, that I'll regret
My time is over
And I can't do this alone
But I'm almost out of breath
From saying things that I'll regret
That I'll regret
My time is over
I can't do this alone
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
And I'm infected with you, pull the plug already
Tell me before I go that you're infected with me
I'm killing time just trying to find the words that fall so short of you
I'm losing sleep, I can't compete, I'm giving up
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
I can't do this alone
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18, edited by timo19
Infected Lyrics as written by Don Clark Ryan Clark
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Capitol CMG Publishing
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