"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.
You're like a messiah, kid
Little kingdoms in your chest
I told you, we'd make it on for another
I told you, we'd make it on for all night (put on all our best)
This is how they will live on
We'd looked better if we win
I told you, we'd make it on for another (oh, I've been getting calls now out here)
I told you, we'd make it on for another (on their mouths and chest)
Help this love before you leave
Demonstrations lack caress
I want you to take you, call on for life (thank you for creating souls)
The longer we make this, got no way there (children sleep with dicks)
The Yukon keeps me up all night
Complication sees your best
Told you, I want it here longer for you (I've been getting calls now out here)
I waited, I waited, it's late night, she's waiting at home (on their mouths and chest)
We've got love and hate, it's the only way
We've got love and hate, it's the only way
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost time
Little kingdoms in your chest
I told you, we'd make it on for another
I told you, we'd make it on for all night (put on all our best)
This is how they will live on
We'd looked better if we win
I told you, we'd make it on for another (oh, I've been getting calls now out here)
I told you, we'd make it on for another (on their mouths and chest)
Help this love before you leave
Demonstrations lack caress
I want you to take you, call on for life (thank you for creating souls)
The longer we make this, got no way there (children sleep with dicks)
The Yukon keeps me up all night
Complication sees your best
Told you, I want it here longer for you (I've been getting calls now out here)
I waited, I waited, it's late night, she's waiting at home (on their mouths and chest)
We've got love and hate, it's the only way
We've got love and hate, it's the only way
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost crime
I think, it's almost time
Lyrics submitted by solarblue, edited by wharney2008, gfriend23, BushmanBeats
Almost Crimes Lyrics as written by Brendan Canning Andrew Whiteman
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