"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.
Solarised (The Overlap)
A dividing line (The dyed glass)
Like a cog (The centrepiece)
Standing still (Sewn-up)
Follow me down this rope ladder
Our bodies becoming shapes on the sails
It's a leap of faith; it's a crash landing
Thin ice softly splinters
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Balconies (A poster)
Like diving boards (A placard)
Naked heels (Perspex)
Cotton reels (Creates a spectrum)
Follow me down this rope ladder
Our bodies becoming shapes on the sails
It's a leap of faith. Towards a crash landing
Thin ice softly splinters
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Sandblasted and set free
I fell in love with flirtation
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Sandblasted and set free
The brevity of sensation
I fell in love with flirtation
The brevity of sensation
A dividing line (The dyed glass)
Like a cog (The centrepiece)
Standing still (Sewn-up)
Follow me down this rope ladder
Our bodies becoming shapes on the sails
It's a leap of faith; it's a crash landing
Thin ice softly splinters
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Balconies (A poster)
Like diving boards (A placard)
Naked heels (Perspex)
Cotton reels (Creates a spectrum)
Follow me down this rope ladder
Our bodies becoming shapes on the sails
It's a leap of faith. Towards a crash landing
Thin ice softly splinters
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Sandblasted and set free
I fell in love with flirtation
Sandblasted and set free
A trial run on paper
The earth is solid, you can dig it up
Or you can pave it over
Sandblasted and set free
The brevity of sensation
I fell in love with flirtation
The brevity of sensation
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Could be a reference to the past and how you can 'dig it up' and not let go or you can 'pave it over' and move on with your life
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