"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.
up the stairs and down the hall,
to your door and through your wall.
sorry that i never called.
sorry that i never called you.
so please, come to your window.
been throwin' rocks all night.
i must be, i must be crazy
never thought it would come to this, and maybe
it's suicide by small increments, amazing.
i'll admit that it's amazing.
i cannot get my hands around it.
brick by brick i built these walls.
brick by brick i built these walls.
i'm sorry that i never called.
sorry that i never called you.
i must be crazy.
never thought it would come to this. and maybe
it's suicide by small increments. amazing.
i'll admit that it's amazing.
i cannot get my hands around it.
so please come to your window.
been throwin' rocks all night.
i must be, i must be. i must be crazy, baby.
i never thought it would come to this.
i must be crazy, baby.
it's suicide by small increments.
to your door and through your wall.
sorry that i never called.
sorry that i never called you.
so please, come to your window.
been throwin' rocks all night.
i must be, i must be crazy
never thought it would come to this, and maybe
it's suicide by small increments, amazing.
i'll admit that it's amazing.
i cannot get my hands around it.
brick by brick i built these walls.
brick by brick i built these walls.
i'm sorry that i never called.
sorry that i never called you.
i must be crazy.
never thought it would come to this. and maybe
it's suicide by small increments. amazing.
i'll admit that it's amazing.
i cannot get my hands around it.
so please come to your window.
been throwin' rocks all night.
i must be, i must be. i must be crazy, baby.
i never thought it would come to this.
i must be crazy, baby.
it's suicide by small increments.
Lyrics submitted by charcoalsketch
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Couple things... this song is actually called Suicide Baby, unless it's a demo version I don't know about. And, don't type your lyrics as blocks of text cause it's kinda hard to read and we're technically not supposed to.
Ya, it's the version off the first house of heroes CD "what you want is now". Same song, different name, different arrangement