"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 never wanted you.
I never wanted two.
I know I told you I did
in front of witnesses.
And then we lit one wick,
but now I get my kicks.
I know you never suspected
because I never said
but Baby I was faking the whole time.
How could you ever have guessed it
with no accomplices?
That Baby I was faking the whole time.
You know it isn't like me to be inflammatory.
But rather than let you think that I was so naive
I'd have you believe
I never wanted you.
I never wanted two.
You never had my heart.
Our love was never true.
I know you never suspected
because I never said.
But Baby I was faking the whole time.
How could you ever have guessed it
with no accomplices?
Baby I was faking the whole time.
You know we never connected,
you only thought we did.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
I never wanted two.
I know I told you I did
in front of witnesses.
And then we lit one wick,
but now I get my kicks.
I know you never suspected
because I never said
but Baby I was faking the whole time.
How could you ever have guessed it
with no accomplices?
That Baby I was faking the whole time.
You know it isn't like me to be inflammatory.
But rather than let you think that I was so naive
I'd have you believe
I never wanted you.
I never wanted two.
You never had my heart.
Our love was never true.
I know you never suspected
because I never said.
But Baby I was faking the whole time.
How could you ever have guessed it
with no accomplices?
Baby I was faking the whole time.
You know we never connected,
you only thought we did.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
Baby I was faking the whole time.
Lyrics submitted by Sepulchrave
I Never Wanted you Lyrics as written by David Shannon Bazan
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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