"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.
( Who Are You? )
Disappoint... resignation... anxious... alienation...
desperate... isolation... envious...
Season's greetings amigo,
Don't be too tense.
Let's take it easy.
"Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady"
Do not worry Relax your shoulders, see?
You're freezing aren't you? You're shaking aren't you?
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please answer me
"Yes, what is it? What's the matter?"
What should I do to make me not myself?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
How's it going buddy,
Take that sour look off your face,
it's unhealthy for you.
"Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady"
Take it easy Take a deep breath, see?
You're suffering aren't you? You're struggling aren't you?
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please tell me
"What's up? What's matter?"
What should I do to make me more like myself?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
"I envy dream..."
Ah-hah, You're scared aren't you? You're backing down aren't you?
Instead of mumbling it, why don't you say it loud and clear?
"I want to be to me free to me!"
"That's them, this is us."
That's what mommy used to say, when you can't even see the neighbor's lawn.
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please disappear
"Oh now why would you say that? What's matter?"
I am me, you are you, isn't it so?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
Disappoint... resignation... anxious... alienation...
desperate... isolation... envious...
Season's greetings amigo,
Don't be too tense.
Let's take it easy.
"Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady"
Do not worry Relax your shoulders, see?
You're freezing aren't you? You're shaking aren't you?
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please answer me
"Yes, what is it? What's the matter?"
What should I do to make me not myself?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
How's it going buddy,
Take that sour look off your face,
it's unhealthy for you.
"Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady"
Take it easy Take a deep breath, see?
You're suffering aren't you? You're struggling aren't you?
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please tell me
"What's up? What's matter?"
What should I do to make me more like myself?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
"I envy dream..."
Ah-hah, You're scared aren't you? You're backing down aren't you?
Instead of mumbling it, why don't you say it loud and clear?
"I want to be to me free to me!"
"That's them, this is us."
That's what mommy used to say, when you can't even see the neighbor's lawn.
Mirror mirror on the wall, Please disappear
"Oh now why would you say that? What's matter?"
I am me, you are you, isn't it so?
"That's simple."
It's so easy
Lyrics submitted by Avehra
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