"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.
Walking on the warm sand
On a seaside where no bad news can reach me
Even without you, the sun still rises
A new day begins
The choices I made today
I don't know where they'll lead me
That's the reason why
My lazy self works everyday
In the sky that I hold in my heart, I can see a storm
You and me are over
And all there is left on this seashore
Is a letter being washed away by the waves
In my dreams, or even just on the phone
I wanna hear your voice
You, never good with conversation,
Left me a letter that's being washed away by the waves
When I was busy
I would forget to call you
But it happens to anyone, once or twice
Today I talked to an old man
Who said he was alone, but happy
I'm still obsessed by this idea
Like names to flowers, wishes to stars
Me to you
All there's left sitting by my window
Is a letter being washed away by the waves
Even just a little bit, or even through your shirt
I wanna touch you
I still remember one thing you promised
That you'd come back for sure
Where my thoughts are, where my dreams go
You'll be welcome
From wherever I'll be in the world,
I'll keep sending my love(/letters) to you
In my dreams, or even just on the phone
I wanna hear your voice
But if again, you run away from conversation
Then the next time you disappear
I won't have anything left
Tell me that you'll never ever leave me
Then you go ahead and leave me
What the hell is going on
Tell me that you really really love me
Then you go ahead and leave me
How the hell do I go on
Tell me that you'll never ever leave me
Then you go ahead and leave me
What the hell is going on
On a seaside where no bad news can reach me
Even without you, the sun still rises
A new day begins
The choices I made today
I don't know where they'll lead me
That's the reason why
My lazy self works everyday
In the sky that I hold in my heart, I can see a storm
You and me are over
And all there is left on this seashore
Is a letter being washed away by the waves
In my dreams, or even just on the phone
I wanna hear your voice
You, never good with conversation,
Left me a letter that's being washed away by the waves
When I was busy
I would forget to call you
But it happens to anyone, once or twice
Today I talked to an old man
Who said he was alone, but happy
I'm still obsessed by this idea
Like names to flowers, wishes to stars
Me to you
All there's left sitting by my window
Is a letter being washed away by the waves
Even just a little bit, or even through your shirt
I wanna touch you
I still remember one thing you promised
That you'd come back for sure
Where my thoughts are, where my dreams go
You'll be welcome
From wherever I'll be in the world,
I'll keep sending my love(/letters) to you
In my dreams, or even just on the phone
I wanna hear your voice
But if again, you run away from conversation
Then the next time you disappear
I won't have anything left
Tell me that you'll never ever leave me
Then you go ahead and leave me
What the hell is going on
Tell me that you really really love me
Then you go ahead and leave me
How the hell do I go on
Tell me that you'll never ever leave me
Then you go ahead and leave me
What the hell is going on
Lyrics submitted by Bumbly
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