"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.
How dare I leave my sight wide
Pretty sure
The gain is too high to reach you
Lids on tight- fastens me-
Slightly off to keep the thrill there
I'm my own rules cheater
It goes / stays the same
Step too late heard too much before
I'm the last note reader
Going back again
I'm pretty sure the game is all a fake
Should it be so easy to walk through
In your own doubt
Could you see a spot in short breath
If it moves you, start the closing bid
At half your mark, too important to
give it up
Before you walk, ask assistance from
All your worth
I'm trying with hindsight
To put right my wrong
I never expected
What was bound to come
My eyes have opened
Can I change, will I change
~When start move, brought full
We never said no
Too far to feel the warmth too real
To see it go
The make is rare
We hold so tight to fade away~
Pretty sure
The gain is too high to reach you
Lids on tight- fastens me-
Slightly off to keep the thrill there
I'm my own rules cheater
It goes / stays the same
Step too late heard too much before
I'm the last note reader
Going back again
I'm pretty sure the game is all a fake
Should it be so easy to walk through
In your own doubt
Could you see a spot in short breath
If it moves you, start the closing bid
At half your mark, too important to
give it up
Before you walk, ask assistance from
All your worth
I'm trying with hindsight
To put right my wrong
I never expected
What was bound to come
My eyes have opened
Can I change, will I change
~When start move, brought full
We never said no
Too far to feel the warmth too real
To see it go
The make is rare
We hold so tight to fade away~
Lyrics submitted by tweph
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