"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.
They give what they give ya
You get what you get
They take what they're taking
No matter what you said
Or maybe it's just apathy
Or maybe we don't question it
[Chorus]
So helpless
In this mess The fault of all of us, yeah
Contagious complacent kiss goodbye
Generation of fear and whatever
Life in the bull's eye
They won't ignore
Life in the big lie
We won't absolve
Or maybe it's just letargy
Or maybe we should question it
[Chorus]
Generation of fear and whatever Generation of fear and whatever
You get what you get
They take what they're taking
No matter what you said
Or maybe it's just apathy
Or maybe we don't question it
[Chorus]
So helpless
In this mess The fault of all of us, yeah
Contagious complacent kiss goodbye
Generation of fear and whatever
Life in the bull's eye
They won't ignore
Life in the big lie
We won't absolve
Or maybe it's just letargy
Or maybe we should question it
[Chorus]
Generation of fear and whatever Generation of fear and whatever
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Generation Lyrics as written by Richard Michael Patrick Dean Deleo
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Forgot to mention: ignorance and complacency.
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