"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.
Caught a glimpse of you tonight
Made my way through the crowd
Small talked my way out of sight
Made a face at you tonight
Unnoticed
It's not what you thought
Not what you thought I was like
My view has been slightly pessimistic as of late
My heart and face are quite conflicted in this place
Another night, in "the rock"
Cold and alone
Inside of this full house
Tune it out until the calm comes home
Stayed up painting through the night
These white walls
What's funniest,
When morning comes the colors will be gone
Left a name and friends behind
They won't last long
I think I'm close to fine
Half a year until I know I'm wrong
Another night, another life
I looked hard into the dark reflection of a window
How sick or dead I looked in it that evening
I made friends with a cement structure close to where I live
Another night on the inside
Just waiting for these walls to give
Another life, another life
Made my way through the crowd
Small talked my way out of sight
Made a face at you tonight
Unnoticed
It's not what you thought
Not what you thought I was like
My view has been slightly pessimistic as of late
My heart and face are quite conflicted in this place
Another night, in "the rock"
Cold and alone
Inside of this full house
Tune it out until the calm comes home
Stayed up painting through the night
These white walls
What's funniest,
When morning comes the colors will be gone
Left a name and friends behind
They won't last long
I think I'm close to fine
Half a year until I know I'm wrong
Another night, another life
I looked hard into the dark reflection of a window
How sick or dead I looked in it that evening
I made friends with a cement structure close to where I live
Another night on the inside
Just waiting for these walls to give
Another life, another life
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is it just me or does anyone else think that thing song is about someones drug use? What�s funniest, When morning comes the colors will be gone Left a name and friends behind the colors are gone in the morning because the drugs have faded? he's left all his friends behind for drug use? a year an a half until he knows he has an addiction, when he looks him self in the mirror he finally notices how sick he looks. how the drugs have affected him? I made friends with a cement structure close to where I live delusional drugs? i honestly have no clue an i need help having this explained.. think i'm right but i'm not sure an it's bothering me.