"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.
The past a dream, the past no meaning
Today was fine, so don't remind me
I cut the lock now, I'm through talking
Today was fine, so don't remind me
Just push away
The past dries the ink stays alive
The words remain to control the pages
I cut the ink now, I'm through thinking
Today was fine, so don't remind me
Just push away
Push away
Every stitch
Too early cut away
Every sour dish
I laid upon the table
Every thought
That I left in the raw
I believe what they say
And I know these too
Will fade
Hold me close
Hold me closer
Hold me
Cause I'm never
Getting older
I know you saved every letter
You know sure as fuck I remember
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it
I've seen the sun losing light
I blink and it burns so fuckin' brights
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it
Today was fine, so don't remind me
I cut the lock now, I'm through talking
Today was fine, so don't remind me
Just push away
The past dries the ink stays alive
The words remain to control the pages
I cut the ink now, I'm through thinking
Today was fine, so don't remind me
Just push away
Push away
Every stitch
Too early cut away
Every sour dish
I laid upon the table
Every thought
That I left in the raw
I believe what they say
And I know these too
Will fade
Hold me close
Hold me closer
Hold me
Cause I'm never
Getting older
I know you saved every letter
You know sure as fuck I remember
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it
I've seen the sun losing light
I blink and it burns so fuckin' brights
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it
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