"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.
Red hand print on the white of your cheek
Pack your bags quiet while the lion sleeps
Watch you mother put her name to the line
Next to the place where your father signed
And inevitably what you used to be
Will succumb to the pull of gravity
And you'll never know, you will never see
With virgin eyes again
'Cause this is the day that everything changes
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
Hold the answer to the light, see your future
Two line blue line tragedy
He brings the metal to the fire for the first time T
Ells you it's the last time and it will be
Cause inevitably what you used to be
Will be tainted by the hand of curiosity
And you'll never know, you will never see
With virgin eyes again
'Cause this is the day that everything
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
So how can I explain?
The isolated rain the follows you
Wouldn't you agree running always slows you down
So welcome the pain
Stop yourself from delaying it
Because the real life
Will never go away
'Cause this is the day that everything changes
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
A little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Pack your bags quiet while the lion sleeps
Watch you mother put her name to the line
Next to the place where your father signed
And inevitably what you used to be
Will succumb to the pull of gravity
And you'll never know, you will never see
With virgin eyes again
'Cause this is the day that everything changes
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
Hold the answer to the light, see your future
Two line blue line tragedy
He brings the metal to the fire for the first time T
Ells you it's the last time and it will be
Cause inevitably what you used to be
Will be tainted by the hand of curiosity
And you'll never know, you will never see
With virgin eyes again
'Cause this is the day that everything
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
So how can I explain?
The isolated rain the follows you
Wouldn't you agree running always slows you down
So welcome the pain
Stop yourself from delaying it
Because the real life
Will never go away
'Cause this is the day that everything changes
And your world stops turning
Running straight into the brake lights
You've come to nothing
This is the day that everything changes
And your worlds collide
And you know in time, you'll wake to find you're
A little unbroken
A little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Oh, a little unbroken
Lyrics submitted by LoveThyEnemy
Unbroken Lyrics as written by Kevin Griffin Melissa Higgins
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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