"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.
The Story Of Our Lives - The Echoing Green
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
This is the story of our lives
anything and everything is meaningless
When forever's waiting
We're captivesto this place... for now
So we take our hopes
And hold them away
Chain them to the throes of yesterday
But the chains are getting tight...
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
in this place
Where lonlines is neverending
Condescending
And leaves a bitter taste... for now
And our hearts weighed down
With nothing to say
As darkness steals our innocence away
But now we're seeing light...
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
The story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
The story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Tonight
our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
The pain all falls behind
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
This is the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
This is the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our lives]
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our lives]
This is the story of our lives
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
This is the story of our lives
anything and everything is meaningless
When forever's waiting
We're captivesto this place... for now
So we take our hopes
And hold them away
Chain them to the throes of yesterday
But the chains are getting tight...
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
in this place
Where lonlines is neverending
Condescending
And leaves a bitter taste... for now
And our hearts weighed down
With nothing to say
As darkness steals our innocence away
But now we're seeing light...
Tonight
Our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
Our songs all stay behind
To sing the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
The story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
The story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Tonight
our dreams are in our sights,
As we're lifted out of nowhere
With sunspots in our eyes,
We see the glory of our lives
Our hearts are burning bright
As we're lifted out of nowhere
The pain all falls behind
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
This is the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
This is the story of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our]
Behold the glory of our lives
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our lives]
[The story of our, glory of our, story of our lives]
This is the story of our lives
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