"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.
We should scream, 'Thank You' with every waking breath
And cry 'Mercy, Mercy' at every days end
Yet we remain quiet and comfortable in our A to be lives
We're so quiet and comfortable in our A to be lives
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleeping hearts
It is then when we will cry for forgiveness
Yet not understand the weight of our words
Nor the depth of his love but he will deliver, failure is beneath him
And yes, he will deliver, failure's not an option
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleep
Wake, wake the complacent
Hey you, yeah, you
And will the weak of mind is to warn the
Wake, wake the complacent
Hey you, yeah, you
And will the weak of mind is to warn the w-w-wicked
It's quite urgent
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleeping hearts
Until that day I will laugh, dance and sing
For I know that, that day is soon to be seen
And cry 'Mercy, Mercy' at every days end
Yet we remain quiet and comfortable in our A to be lives
We're so quiet and comfortable in our A to be lives
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleeping hearts
It is then when we will cry for forgiveness
Yet not understand the weight of our words
Nor the depth of his love but he will deliver, failure is beneath him
And yes, he will deliver, failure's not an option
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleep
Wake, wake the complacent
Hey you, yeah, you
And will the weak of mind is to warn the
Wake, wake the complacent
Hey you, yeah, you
And will the weak of mind is to warn the w-w-wicked
It's quite urgent
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep our sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts
Our complacency won't last much longer
An urgency will sweep our sleeping hearts
Until that day I will laugh, dance and sing
For I know that, that day is soon to be seen
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i love this song my fav!!!
They are talking about waking people up for their own good. that the ignorance from what is to come and about God's love for us has gone on long enough.
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