"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.
I miss the part when we were moving forward now
(On our way down)
But maybe someday I'll be something more than love
Just know I'll never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
I'm missing parts now that you've told me everything
(On our way down)
And I was blessed, and I've forgotten how to love
You said you'd never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
Not even I will tell
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
We say these things to know they're real
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices
To know they're real
Real
I'll never tell
(On our way down)
But maybe someday I'll be something more than love
Just know I'll never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
I'm missing parts now that you've told me everything
(On our way down)
And I was blessed, and I've forgotten how to love
You said you'd never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
Not even I will tell
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
We say these things to know they're real
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices
To know they're real
Real
I'll never tell
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"We speak in different voices Why can't we say what we're thinking of"
they can't say what they're thinking of because when two people are in love they dont shout at each other, they speak softly.. whispering.. why? because their hearts are next to eachother. The distance between them is very little. When they fall more and more in love, they don't speak, they only whisper. Finally they don't even need to whisper, with just a look into their eyes and that's enough.