"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.
So I hear, your body is at the morgue. I miss you already, and it's only on hour 23. I feel so alone, but I wanted you to know. Your in my heart...Even though your laughters in the dark. I wish you were still right here with me. I didn't get to say goodbye, and for that I'm so sorry. Happiness is not so overrated anymore, now that I haven't felt it in a while. Only your eyes can fix this broken smile..
Nothing is okay, I need you now in the worst way. This disaster was so unpredictable. Your gone, never to return again, the words death and tragedy are the most horrible blend. In your tombstone I reflect..
You're so above the clouds now, I hope I will see you up there somehow. Forget you not, this I promise. Some wishes never come true, I guess this is one of those times. The silent movies of your life always seem to haunt me in the middle of the night. Atleast this way I still get to see you in my mind. I miss you already, and it's only year number 3. The thought that always kills me, is that you will never live out your dreams...
Nothing is okay, I need you now in the worst way. This disaster was so unpredictable. Your gone, never to return again, the words death and tragedy are the most horrible blend. In your tombstone I reflect..
The wounds that are deepest, are the ones that remember you can't breathe. I can never get them to stop..No they never seem to stop. They always seem to bleed.
Nothing is okay, I need you now in the worst way. This disaster was so unpredictable. Your gone, never to return again, the words death and tragedy are the most horrible blend. In your tombstone I reflect..
You're so above the clouds now, I hope I will see you up there somehow. Forget you not, this I promise. Some wishes never come true, I guess this is one of those times. The silent movies of your life always seem to haunt me in the middle of the night. Atleast this way I still get to see you in my mind. I miss you already, and it's only year number 3. The thought that always kills me, is that you will never live out your dreams...
Nothing is okay, I need you now in the worst way. This disaster was so unpredictable. Your gone, never to return again, the words death and tragedy are the most horrible blend. In your tombstone I reflect..
The wounds that are deepest, are the ones that remember you can't breathe. I can never get them to stop..No they never seem to stop. They always seem to bleed.
Lyrics submitted by danizzle
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