"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.
It's getting colder
Each and everyday
The nights get longer
I slowly fade
Find me some beauty
In this deceptive place
Before you know it
I'll be gone without a trace
Give me a reason to
Wake up and face the lie
I've been searching for
A way out of this life
How will I make it through
This long and bitter night?
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
With no hope that I'll find a sign
When things like breathing
Feel like a waste
It seems like leaving's
The only way
The past intentions
They never got me by
I can't escape this
It has overcome my mind [Repeat x2]
It has overcome my mind [Repeat x3]
Overcome my mind
Give me a reason to
Wake up and face the lie
I've been searching for
A way out of this life
How will I make it through
This long and bitter night?
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
(no hope that I'll find a sign)
(no hope that I'll find a sign) [Repeat x2]
Nothing this good
Could last forever
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
I put all my faith in this knife
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
The lust feels like the tears fall from your eyes
I hope for the best
There's nothing left
Lets celebrate a romance in it all
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
I put all my faith in this knife
(goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight)
The lust feels like the tears fall from your eyes
Each and everyday
The nights get longer
I slowly fade
Find me some beauty
In this deceptive place
Before you know it
I'll be gone without a trace
Give me a reason to
Wake up and face the lie
I've been searching for
A way out of this life
How will I make it through
This long and bitter night?
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
With no hope that I'll find a sign
When things like breathing
Feel like a waste
It seems like leaving's
The only way
The past intentions
They never got me by
I can't escape this
It has overcome my mind [Repeat x2]
It has overcome my mind [Repeat x3]
Overcome my mind
Give me a reason to
Wake up and face the lie
I've been searching for
A way out of this life
How will I make it through
This long and bitter night?
(with no hope that I'll find a sign)
(no hope that I'll find a sign)
(no hope that I'll find a sign) [Repeat x2]
Nothing this good
Could last forever
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
I put all my faith in this knife
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
The lust feels like the tears fall from your eyes
I hope for the best
There's nothing left
Lets celebrate a romance in it all
(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
I put all my faith in this knife
(goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight)
The lust feels like the tears fall from your eyes
Lyrics submitted by SensesPunchKidsFail
Faith in the Knife Lyrics as written by Peter Allen Costa Pouyan Sean Afkary
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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