"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.
As my senses evolve I need to learn to stand my ground
I am forced into a shaking world when all I need is safe and sound
I am not satisfied
Looking into a mirror but I don't really think I need to reflect
I am unrealistically happy although I know it's just a state of neglect
I am not satisfied
As the fire burns I'm standing still, I'm paralyzed and cold
(Watch my dream unfold)
I am practically liquid and although I'm breathing I am dead
(although I'm breathing I am dead)
I am second in line when all they needed was number one
I am sitting in the corner of that circle they placed me in
I am not satisfied
I don't mean to disagree but it just seems that I am lost in situations that
won't ever turn out in my favor
I might just give in
It just seems that I will always live my life face down
And still I am not satisfied
I am forced into a shaking world when all I need is safe and sound
I am not satisfied
Looking into a mirror but I don't really think I need to reflect
I am unrealistically happy although I know it's just a state of neglect
I am not satisfied
As the fire burns I'm standing still, I'm paralyzed and cold
(Watch my dream unfold)
I am practically liquid and although I'm breathing I am dead
(although I'm breathing I am dead)
I am second in line when all they needed was number one
I am sitting in the corner of that circle they placed me in
I am not satisfied
I don't mean to disagree but it just seems that I am lost in situations that
won't ever turn out in my favor
I might just give in
It just seems that I will always live my life face down
And still I am not satisfied
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