"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.
we've been holding on
for far too long
it was all there
but now it's gone
it's empty, and so are we
there's no need to bring it on down.
there comes a day
to break away
but it would be
so nice to stay
if only
we could fill it up
but are our cups just big enough? [just bigger now?]
we could try it out
anyway
just to feel
the love we saved
I've got time
and i promise you my mind
this time I'll let you on in
We've been holding on
for far too long
it was all there
but now it's gone
for far too long
it was all there
but now it's gone
it's empty, and so are we
there's no need to bring it on down.
there comes a day
to break away
but it would be
so nice to stay
if only
we could fill it up
but are our cups just big enough? [just bigger now?]
we could try it out
anyway
just to feel
the love we saved
I've got time
and i promise you my mind
this time I'll let you on in
We've been holding on
for far too long
it was all there
but now it's gone
Lyrics submitted by QoE
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never found lyrics anywhere else that were complete to this song... they usually missed the fourth and fifth verses... anybody who knows what the unintelligible parts are, please report it, as i'd like to know what they are myself... this was written down as i listened to the song as i couldn't find ANY lyrics site with the correct lyrics
i mean... supposedly the unintelligible phrase is "but are our big enough"... that doesn't satisfy me as to correct lyrics, especially when listening to the song
as for what it means? well, i think it's about two people who know that they no longer feel for each other but they want to hold on just to feel like it's like it used to be.