"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.
One day we'll say,
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
As the sun comes up over the horizon,
And my mind is burning out, like the fake lights beside me.
I look forward to tonight,
A time I'm truly happy.
Is this where I walk away?
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about, yeah.
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
The brighter I shine, the darker my shadows.
And they pull me behind, as I let off the pedal.
Why should I divide what feels so right?
Is this where I walk away?
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about.
If I turn my back when I close my eyes,
Years from now, all that I'll find,
Is that emptiness burning and burning.
One day we'll say,
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about.
[x2]
I don't love this anymore!
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
As the sun comes up over the horizon,
And my mind is burning out, like the fake lights beside me.
I look forward to tonight,
A time I'm truly happy.
Is this where I walk away?
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about, yeah.
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
The brighter I shine, the darker my shadows.
And they pull me behind, as I let off the pedal.
Why should I divide what feels so right?
Is this where I walk away?
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about.
If I turn my back when I close my eyes,
Years from now, all that I'll find,
Is that emptiness burning and burning.
One day we'll say,
I'm scared one day I'll say
"I don't love this anymore."
[x2]
I'm scared now...is this working out?
Will my voice dissolve away?
It hurts to think about.
I'm scared one day I'll say,
"I don't love this anymore,"
Turn my back on all my fans...
It hurts to think about.
[x2]
I don't love this anymore!
Lyrics submitted by A7XWakingTheFallen
I'll Make It To Brigades Lyrics as written by Kevin Howard Gruft Eliot P Berube
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave
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love this song. hes basically saying hes scared that one day he just wont want this career anymore, and hes thinking the worst like what if one day something happens to his voice, or what will happen if he does turn his back on all his fans? "I look forward to tonight A time I'm truly happy" he loves what he does, he just thinks one day it's gonna get old, and hes gonna wanna quit.
Definitely agree with everything said. lol
I think Ashtate is absolutely right on this one! :) Great song too