"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.
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What I needed to hear
Wasn't coming in clear
And what I now know
Is only partial info
I speak over tempo
To put words into motion
You can't stay stagnant
With the future that's approaching
So wouldn't you stand
It's either break or be broken
Forget dry land
I'd rather stand in the ocean
And let the waves of devotion
Roll over me
Irony
I had to suffocate
Before I could breathe
Now I'm in a head space
I've never been before
Ever since my feet hit the shore
I tell ya boy
It feels good
So give me some more
I say
It feels good
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Now wait that's something
Adrenaline rushing
And I'm touching
The heart of God
And adjusting
Rather nice lead to the feeling
That's inside of me
Alive in me
Continually guiding me
It's surprising me
It's beyond my reach
But it's in my grasp
I walk steadfast
Along a narrow path
Avoiding stairs and traps
And all else that seems to keep me
From who I need to be
Right now I'm thinking clearly
And I'm in a head space
I've never been before
Ever since my feet hit the shore
I tell ya ha
It feels good
So give me some more
I say
It feels good
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Out of control
Out of control
It feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's the big passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's the big passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
What I needed to hear
Wasn't coming in clear
And what I now know
Is only partial info
I speak over tempo
To put words into motion
You can't stay stagnant
With the future that's approaching
So wouldn't you stand
It's either break or be broken
Forget dry land
I'd rather stand in the ocean
And let the waves of devotion
Roll over me
Irony
I had to suffocate
Before I could breathe
Now I'm in a head space
I've never been before
Ever since my feet hit the shore
I tell ya boy
It feels good
So give me some more
I say
It feels good
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Now wait that's something
Adrenaline rushing
And I'm touching
The heart of God
And adjusting
Rather nice lead to the feeling
That's inside of me
Alive in me
Continually guiding me
It's surprising me
It's beyond my reach
But it's in my grasp
I walk steadfast
Along a narrow path
Avoiding stairs and traps
And all else that seems to keep me
From who I need to be
Right now I'm thinking clearly
And I'm in a head space
I've never been before
Ever since my feet hit the shore
I tell ya ha
It feels good
So give me some more
I say
It feels good
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's a bit passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Out of control
Out of control
It feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's the big passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
Well it's the big passionate for your radio
But that's alright though
It's good for your soul
And it feels good to be out of control
I said
It feels good to be out of control
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Out of Control Lyrics as written by Skylar Wilson James Harrison
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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