"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.
And stay up all night and sleep all day,
Ans we were smart kids with too much to say.
We were so, so sure that they were missing out,
They're the ones missing out, and
We were elemental, took down to bear essentials,
Who knew we'd get so far?
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city and go.
Play it again, oh.
There's no such thing (no there's never too much).
And we were so, so sure, oh we never had a doubt.
Now were counting days to getting out.
We were elemental, took down to bear essentials.
Who knew we'd get so far?
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we're wasting our lives,
Oh at least we know, that if we die, we lived with passion.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city and go.
Pack our bags and get away, they're catching on to us. [Repeat x2]
Pack our bags and get away, they're catching on to us. [Repeat x2]
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we're wasting our lives,
Oh at least we know, that if we die, we lived with passion.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city, and go.
Ans we were smart kids with too much to say.
We were so, so sure that they were missing out,
They're the ones missing out, and
We were elemental, took down to bear essentials,
Who knew we'd get so far?
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city and go.
Play it again, oh.
There's no such thing (no there's never too much).
And we were so, so sure, oh we never had a doubt.
Now were counting days to getting out.
We were elemental, took down to bear essentials.
Who knew we'd get so far?
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we're wasting our lives,
Oh at least we know, that if we die, we lived with passion.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city and go.
Pack our bags and get away, they're catching on to us. [Repeat x2]
Pack our bags and get away, they're catching on to us. [Repeat x2]
Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we're wasting our lives,
Oh at least we know, that if we die, we lived with passion.
They said we'd burn so bright.
We burn this city, and go.
Lyrics submitted by fgevilmonkey
Burn This City Lyrics as written by Kevin Sanders Joseph Pepper
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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