"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.
Slip into something more comfortable proceed into space)
Innocent individuals concerned about nothing but happiness
Progress becomes easy due to this social situation
Unfortunate turn of events collapse this idea of the childish thought
No judgment, no judgment, no judgment, no judgment
No judgement towards one another
No judgment towards one another, no social status to compare
All as one market this change
Exploit the idea of this innocence
Exploit the idea of this innocent
Goddamn television god corrupt me
Goddamn television god corrupt me
Separate us separate us separate us separate us
Groups of difference seem to comfort what we once didn't think of
This show was in their head for years
Enjoy this life of wonder and imagination
For it will be torn down you will be torn down
Time to hate, kill, fight, conquer
Time to hate, kill, fight, conquer
This is human life at its best
We'll televise this event
You can learn how to live, breathe
Then finally die
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
Innocent individuals concerned about nothing but happiness
Progress becomes easy due to this social situation
Unfortunate turn of events collapse this idea of the childish thought
No judgment, no judgment, no judgment, no judgment
No judgement towards one another
No judgment towards one another, no social status to compare
All as one market this change
Exploit the idea of this innocence
Exploit the idea of this innocent
Goddamn television god corrupt me
Goddamn television god corrupt me
Separate us separate us separate us separate us
Groups of difference seem to comfort what we once didn't think of
This show was in their head for years
Enjoy this life of wonder and imagination
For it will be torn down you will be torn down
Time to hate, kill, fight, conquer
Time to hate, kill, fight, conquer
This is human life at its best
We'll televise this event
You can learn how to live, breathe
Then finally die
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
The sweet relief is a must
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Selkies: The Endless Obsession Lyrics as written by Daniel Lanford Briggs Cartland Blake Richardson
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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