"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.
There's a lit cigarette
In the hand of my new angel
She's blowing smoke like halos
And now everybody wants her
But I shouldn't even bother
Because you made me so complete dear
But you left me so alone here
Hang a noose for my new sinner somewhere everyone can see it
Won't you beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
Go run for cover (for how long)
You better start to love her
So much you're moving on and on
Now there's a whole wide world that wants to know
Have cheap hotels lost their turn-on?
She's bathing in the neon
And she's polluting all the airways
While I'm passed out in the hallway
And you left me so in love here
You left with so much hate dear
Was I creating only chaos?
This world lives just fine without us
Won't you beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
Go run for cover (for how long)
You better start to love her
So much you're moving on and on
Will it change your life if I change my mind?
When she's lit the whole wide world
I want to know if you will
Beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
But I'd hope you set your levels (for how long)
So you can run for cover
You better start to love her
Now are we this pathetic?
You made me finally see it
(Will it change your life when I change my mind?)
Go run for cover (Will it change your mind)
You better fucking love her
So much you're moving on (When I change my life?)
I'm so pathetic,
You made me finally see it
Got what you want? I'm gone
For how long?
For how long?
For how long
Will it change your life?
In the hand of my new angel
She's blowing smoke like halos
And now everybody wants her
But I shouldn't even bother
Because you made me so complete dear
But you left me so alone here
Hang a noose for my new sinner somewhere everyone can see it
Won't you beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
Go run for cover (for how long)
You better start to love her
So much you're moving on and on
Now there's a whole wide world that wants to know
Have cheap hotels lost their turn-on?
She's bathing in the neon
And she's polluting all the airways
While I'm passed out in the hallway
And you left me so in love here
You left with so much hate dear
Was I creating only chaos?
This world lives just fine without us
Won't you beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
Go run for cover (for how long)
You better start to love her
So much you're moving on and on
Will it change your life if I change my mind?
When she's lit the whole wide world
I want to know if you will
Beg me and then tell me how to love you
Like anybody else would
I know you're risking failure (risking failure)
But I'd hope you set your levels (for how long)
So you can run for cover
You better start to love her
Now are we this pathetic?
You made me finally see it
(Will it change your life when I change my mind?)
Go run for cover (Will it change your mind)
You better fucking love her
So much you're moving on (When I change my life?)
I'm so pathetic,
You made me finally see it
Got what you want? I'm gone
For how long?
For how long?
For how long
Will it change your life?
Lyrics submitted by evans_blue, edited by michel765
Beg Lyrics as written by Kevin James Clarkson Joseph Daniel Lauzon
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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