"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.
I don't care what you're thinking
As you turn to me
'Cause what I have in my two hands
Is enough to set me free
I could fight the feeling
To resist it over time
But when it's just too much to take
You sneak up from behind
Is it me, you say, you're looking for
Let me show you who I am and what I'm here for... here for...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
Like a million faces
I've recognized them all
And one by one they've all become
A number as they fall
In the face of reason
I can't take no more
One by one they've all become
A black mark on the floor
Is it me, you say, you're looking for
Let me show you who I am and what I have in store... in store...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
You can take another life-long try
You can take another try...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
As you turn to me
'Cause what I have in my two hands
Is enough to set me free
I could fight the feeling
To resist it over time
But when it's just too much to take
You sneak up from behind
Is it me, you say, you're looking for
Let me show you who I am and what I'm here for... here for...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
Like a million faces
I've recognized them all
And one by one they've all become
A number as they fall
In the face of reason
I can't take no more
One by one they've all become
A black mark on the floor
Is it me, you say, you're looking for
Let me show you who I am and what I have in store... in store...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
You can take another life-long try
You can take another try...
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity tries to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
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Well, I'm quite certain this is metal's theme for sonic heroes, but I could be wrong.
Unofficially. The fans adopted it for him.