"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.
Darlin' I had the best intentions
But I dug myself a hole
With a modern invention
Baby did I make you feel that
You didn't have the mind
To reconcile the truth
In a troubled time?
Skipping messages...
Good machines don't lie
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
But I dug myself a hole
With a modern invention
Baby did I make you feel that
You didn't have the mind
To reconcile the truth
In a troubled time?
Skipping messages...
Good machines don't lie
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
From here we roll on
Lyrics submitted by MixedUpConfusion
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To me its just two people who broke up for whatever reasons, but they don't think its what should have been. Hes saying hes sorry for digging himself a hole by e-mailing, texting, iming, calling her constantly, dug himself a hole with a modern invention. Shes just saying shes sorry for ignoring him when he tried, how she made him feel that he couldn't fix anything that there was nothing he could say to fix what happened between them. But they will forget whatever happened, they will roll on
wow this is a really good analysis llo