"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.
Excuse me, but I've got a request
Could you take the gag off of my mouth
I admit that I'm fairly impressed
'Cause you're the best at blocking me out
I believe that we weren't quite done
I know it's hard to hear me out again
I realize, you're not the only one
Who's terrified of life from end to end
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
I'm feeling unwanted, that's not what I wanted
And attention to me is something you refuse to pay
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
Excuse me, but isn't this the way
That things always turn into something good
You've tried to ignore the things I say
But in the end you found you never could
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
You search for the short-cut, you live life but for what
I love you and hope you will find the truth some day
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To get you on my good side again
And tell me what will it take
To get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To forget what you knew
Just let him find you
And then you'll see things through from end to end
Could you take the gag off of my mouth
I admit that I'm fairly impressed
'Cause you're the best at blocking me out
I believe that we weren't quite done
I know it's hard to hear me out again
I realize, you're not the only one
Who's terrified of life from end to end
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
I'm feeling unwanted, that's not what I wanted
And attention to me is something you refuse to pay
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
Excuse me, but isn't this the way
That things always turn into something good
You've tried to ignore the things I say
But in the end you found you never could
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
You search for the short-cut, you live life but for what
I love you and hope you will find the truth some day
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To get you on my good side again
And tell me what will it take
To get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To forget what you knew
Just let him find you
And then you'll see things through from end to end
Lyrics submitted by not_blonde
From End to End Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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