"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.
You've got this new head filled up with smoke
And I got my veins all tangled close
To the jukebox bars you frequent
The safest place to hide
A long night spent with your most obvious weakness
You start shaking at the thought
You are everything I want
'Cause you are everything I'm not
And we lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close (how close is close enough?)
We lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way
My inarticulate, store-bought
Hangover hobby kit, it talks
And it says, "you, oh, you are so cool"
"Scissor-shaped across the bed"
"You are red, violent red"
You hollow out my hungry eyes
You hollow out my hungry eyes
And we lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close (how close is close enough?)
We lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
Well, I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
I'm gonna make damn sure
That you can't ever leave
No, you won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me
I'll make damn sure
That you can't ever leave
No, you won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me (ever get too far)
You won't ever get too far
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
Well, I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
I'm gonna make damn sure
I just wanna break you down so badly
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
And I got my veins all tangled close
To the jukebox bars you frequent
The safest place to hide
A long night spent with your most obvious weakness
You start shaking at the thought
You are everything I want
'Cause you are everything I'm not
And we lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close (how close is close enough?)
We lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way
My inarticulate, store-bought
Hangover hobby kit, it talks
And it says, "you, oh, you are so cool"
"Scissor-shaped across the bed"
"You are red, violent red"
You hollow out my hungry eyes
You hollow out my hungry eyes
And we lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close (how close is close enough?)
We lay, we lay together just not
Too close, too close
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
Well, I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
I'm gonna make damn sure
That you can't ever leave
No, you won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me
I'll make damn sure
That you can't ever leave
No, you won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me
You won't ever get too far from me (ever get too far)
You won't ever get too far
I just wanna break you down so badly
Well, I trip over everything you say
Well, I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
I'm gonna make damn sure
I just wanna break you down so badly
I just wanna break you down so badly
In the worst way (worst way)
Lyrics submitted by martycrane
MakeDamnSure Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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