"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.
All alone now it feels so hopeless,
with the temporary blood that you draw.
Keep in mind, when i'm trying to hold this together,
And now you're gone and i'm wasting away...
And No, we can't deny it,
Look in my eyes, it's you I confide in.
And now that I am tryin'
Words I choke back! We can't deny it...
Your eyes, watching me like a camera.
Over-exposure to these kind of days,
and the film, was surreal as the dream was...
Shooting stars with Galactic fates...
And No, we can't deny it,
Look in my eyes, it's you I confide in.
And now that I am tryin'
Words I choke back! We can't deny it...
Wait another day, for my mind to change,
Con your way out of this, and make mistakes,
I stand by this...
There's another way, can't find the words to say,
I know I need to see you and feel you,
these days just aren't the way they used to be...
SCREAM OUT MY NAME!!!!
Wait! We're whole again...
You were my pride.
But where have you been?
Full force, look up ahead..
Mayday! We're already dead...
with the temporary blood that you draw.
Keep in mind, when i'm trying to hold this together,
And now you're gone and i'm wasting away...
And No, we can't deny it,
Look in my eyes, it's you I confide in.
And now that I am tryin'
Words I choke back! We can't deny it...
Your eyes, watching me like a camera.
Over-exposure to these kind of days,
and the film, was surreal as the dream was...
Shooting stars with Galactic fates...
And No, we can't deny it,
Look in my eyes, it's you I confide in.
And now that I am tryin'
Words I choke back! We can't deny it...
Wait another day, for my mind to change,
Con your way out of this, and make mistakes,
I stand by this...
There's another way, can't find the words to say,
I know I need to see you and feel you,
these days just aren't the way they used to be...
SCREAM OUT MY NAME!!!!
Wait! We're whole again...
You were my pride.
But where have you been?
Full force, look up ahead..
Mayday! We're already dead...
Lyrics submitted by vellox
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