"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.
I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Swiftest current, darkest waves
We just fall asleep
And I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Sharpest waters you can find
From here out to the East
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Sharpest waters you can find
From here out to the East
From here out to the Eastern border
States of Carolines
Somewhere warm you can go
And keep your head in line
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Swiftest current, darkest waves
We just fall asleep
Than marry you at sea
Swiftest current, darkest waves
We just fall asleep
And I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Sharpest waters you can find
From here out to the East
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Sharpest waters you can find
From here out to the East
From here out to the Eastern border
States of Carolines
Somewhere warm you can go
And keep your head in line
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
That someone that you can be
That never had let us touch
Let you down easily
Buh-buh-buh bad bad bad blood
I would rather bury you
Than marry you at sea
Swiftest current, darkest waves
We just fall asleep
Lyrics submitted by yeee_son
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Great version of a great song,
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