"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.
So, we're alone again
I wish it were over, we seem to never end,
Only get closer, to the point where I can take no more,
The clouds in your eyes, down your face they pour,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time, walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry
Yes, all you have to do is cry
Hush my baby now,
Your talking is just noise and won't lay me down
Amongst your toys in a room where I can take no more,
The clouds in your eyes, down your face they pour,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time, take the blue ones everyday
Walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry,
Yes all you have to do is cry
Photographs and brightly colored paper,
Are your mask you wear in this caper, that is our life,
We walk right into the strife,
And a tear from your eye brings me home,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time,
Walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry,
All you have to do is cry.
I wish it were over, we seem to never end,
Only get closer, to the point where I can take no more,
The clouds in your eyes, down your face they pour,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time, walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry
Yes, all you have to do is cry
Hush my baby now,
Your talking is just noise and won't lay me down
Amongst your toys in a room where I can take no more,
The clouds in your eyes, down your face they pour,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time, take the blue ones everyday
Walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry,
Yes all you have to do is cry
Photographs and brightly colored paper,
Are your mask you wear in this caper, that is our life,
We walk right into the strife,
And a tear from your eye brings me home,
Won't you be the new one burn to shine,
I take the blue ones every time,
Walk me down your broken line,
All you have to do is cry,
All you have to do is cry.
Lyrics submitted by some124get
Closer Lyrics as written by Joshua Ryan Radin
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Missing Link Music
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