"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.
Opened my eyes had a dream last night that both my arms were broken,
Evenin' time,
Help me now or hold me down, i feel my world is tumblin',
Spiral down,
Oh my love i can't let go,
Somethings wrong i can't let go,
Natures cruel she laughs at me,
As i make my way through the century,
As i slowly turn to house dust,
Tumblin' down,
The rain comes down like a victory,
In sheets of shinin' memory,
Over and over,
Circlin' around,
Over and over,
can't let go,
Somethings wrong i can't let go,
Natures cruel she laughs at me,
Almost too much for my heart,
When it rains,
Oh tears my soul apart,
When it rains it rains so slowly,
In the city where i'm from.
Evenin' time,
Help me now or hold me down, i feel my world is tumblin',
Spiral down,
Oh my love i can't let go,
Somethings wrong i can't let go,
Natures cruel she laughs at me,
As i make my way through the century,
As i slowly turn to house dust,
Tumblin' down,
The rain comes down like a victory,
In sheets of shinin' memory,
Over and over,
Circlin' around,
Over and over,
can't let go,
Somethings wrong i can't let go,
Natures cruel she laughs at me,
Almost too much for my heart,
When it rains,
Oh tears my soul apart,
When it rains it rains so slowly,
In the city where i'm from.
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Opened my eyes had a dream last night that both my arms were broken, Evening time, - hes near death Help me now or hold me down, i feel the world is tumbling, - cure me or help me die, hes almost dying, going through a rush of pain Spiralling down, - hes getting worse but cannot understand why Oh my love i can
t let go, - he doesnt want to leave his wife or girl Somethings wrong i cant let go, - he loves her so much and doesnt want to die because he cant think how she will be if he dies Natures cruel she laughs at me, - doesnt understand why this is happening and blames nature. As i make my way through the century, - time has passed so slowly As i slowly turn to house dust, - his memories no longer exist and a long time has passed with him not at home Tumbling down, - hes so close to death The rain comes down like a victory, - hes almost there and can feel death which is described as rain In sheets of shining memory, - his life has flashed before him like photos which are sheets of happy memories Over and over,- getting to death is getting more an more intense Circling around, he tries to understand why it is happening Oh my love i cant let go, - his last words Somethings wrong i cant let go, - hes worried of her Natures cruel shes laughs at me, - like i said before Almost too much for my heart, - he cant handle it When it rains, - hes died Oh tears my soul apart, - when its raining the girl rememebrs him and breaks her heart When it rains, It rains so slowly - when it rains it brings back the memories and it feels like time is going so slowly perhaps because when were having a good time time flies past so quickly but when we are sad or bored time is so slow In the city, - he refers to the rushed and busy life style he was from Where i`m from. - which is what he was used to and now he's dead everything is so slow.