"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.
In this, the year of our Lord
I will die knowing I am not your only son
The faded sounds of windchimes in the distance
Oil platforms burn like candelabras
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Why don't we just say what we really feel
Was it good to wake up in some stranger's arms
Did you like the foul taste of his lips
Did his lover like the taste of yours
Sweet revenge never felt so good
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Scattered driftwood
Sounds of heartbeats
Smell of sulfer fills the salty air
We drown in our own blood
Oh God help me please
What have I done
What have I done
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Everything is so meaningless
(How hard
So much finer than we are)
Yet so meaningful
(So much finer than we are)
Though I was to die alone
(So much finer than we are)
So tonight we are alone
I will die knowing I am not your only son
The faded sounds of windchimes in the distance
Oil platforms burn like candelabras
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Why don't we just say what we really feel
Was it good to wake up in some stranger's arms
Did you like the foul taste of his lips
Did his lover like the taste of yours
Sweet revenge never felt so good
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Scattered driftwood
Sounds of heartbeats
Smell of sulfer fills the salty air
We drown in our own blood
Oh God help me please
What have I done
What have I done
Does good come from deep within the soul
Or is it just an urge to be
So much finer than we are
How hard
So much finer than we are
Everything is so meaningless
(How hard
So much finer than we are)
Yet so meaningful
(So much finer than we are)
Though I was to die alone
(So much finer than we are)
So tonight we are alone
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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