"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.
Can't take my life without a fight.
Don't kill my soul, you have no right.
I feel (I feel) the pain inside.
I see (you see now) the tears in your eyes.
I want (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I'll say good night.
You stole my life, ripped my body apart.
A silent scream from my lungs (my lungs)
you stopped my beating heart. (heart)
I feel (I feel) the pain inside.
I see (you see now) the tears in your eyes.
I want (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I'll say good night.
Please let me choose if i want to live.
I was alive, (I was alive)
I had no choice (I had no choice).
I cried out loud ( I cried out loud).
No one heard my voice. (my voice)
I felt (felt) the pain inside.
I saw (you saw now) the tears in your eyes.
I wanted (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I say goodbye...
Goodbye...
Goodbye...
Don't kill my soul, you have no right.
I feel (I feel) the pain inside.
I see (you see now) the tears in your eyes.
I want (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I'll say good night.
You stole my life, ripped my body apart.
A silent scream from my lungs (my lungs)
you stopped my beating heart. (heart)
I feel (I feel) the pain inside.
I see (you see now) the tears in your eyes.
I want (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I'll say good night.
Please let me choose if i want to live.
I was alive, (I was alive)
I had no choice (I had no choice).
I cried out loud ( I cried out loud).
No one heard my voice. (my voice)
I felt (felt) the pain inside.
I saw (you saw now) the tears in your eyes.
I wanted (cant take this) to see the light.
Mother (I love you) I say goodbye...
Goodbye...
Goodbye...
Lyrics submitted by Killxxxmequickly
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Umm...I really dont know? lol..but pretty damn good song tho...
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ERYN?!....omg, why is it im always able to find you?! hehe, later hun
you guys suck. (krystal and eryn that is) love GREG!
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this song rocks!!!!!!! its sooooo freakin awesome i listen to it all the time:)
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