"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.
The house is still at midnight, by one we'll be a wreck
Alcohol and bandages will soon follow this mess
Sleeping's overrated, we lie awake and cry
If this is love then kill me now and save me from my life
The house is dead by morning, as good as new again
The morning after funeral is coming to it's end
Smile's aren't too tempting and hopes as good as lies
Memories are pain that lost their meaning over time
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
(Just sleep, we never asked for this)
Just close your eyes, just close your eyes
Alcohol and bandages will soon follow this mess
Sleeping's overrated, we lie awake and cry
If this is love then kill me now and save me from my life
The house is dead by morning, as good as new again
The morning after funeral is coming to it's end
Smile's aren't too tempting and hopes as good as lies
Memories are pain that lost their meaning over time
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
(Just sleep, we never asked for this)
Just close your eyes, just close your eyes
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