"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 heard opposites attract so you're stuck with me
I'm like Jack Kerouac on the road for weeks
But when I come home you'll be there for me, right?
Without you I'll never make it
I got a sick sense, I got a reason to worry
And sometimes I'm dense but these thoughts come in a flurry
You say they're nonsense but I dreamt you left in a hurry
I don't think I'll ever make it alone
Annihilate, I'm wide awake
Don't walk away, I'm suffocating
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting another all time low and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
I got a panic attack like you wouldn't believe
And my breathing's out of whack like a drum machine
I know if I pass out you'd resuscitate me, right?
Without you I'll never make it
Is it okay now or did you meet someone better
Without a Mohawk with a real job and a sweater?
Leaving me shell shocked, steady getting ready for a header
I don't think I'll ever make it alone
Annihilate, I'm wide awake
Don't walk away, I'm suffocating
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting another all time low and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
Standing on the edge of the great divide
You're pushing all the right buttons to make worlds collide
Would you stab me in the back like a homicide
Or leave me buried in your bullshit like a landslide?
Are you biding your time with me
Waiting for someone better to come along?
As I sit and I scream this song
Are you biding your time with me
Waiting for someone better to come along?
If you are I proved you wrong
Both ends burn, I'll be waiting for you
I won't turn, I'll be waiting for you
Both ends burn, I'll be waiting for you
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting at an all time low and there's no where left to go
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Striking at an all time low, and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
I'm like Jack Kerouac on the road for weeks
But when I come home you'll be there for me, right?
Without you I'll never make it
I got a sick sense, I got a reason to worry
And sometimes I'm dense but these thoughts come in a flurry
You say they're nonsense but I dreamt you left in a hurry
I don't think I'll ever make it alone
Annihilate, I'm wide awake
Don't walk away, I'm suffocating
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting another all time low and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
I got a panic attack like you wouldn't believe
And my breathing's out of whack like a drum machine
I know if I pass out you'd resuscitate me, right?
Without you I'll never make it
Is it okay now or did you meet someone better
Without a Mohawk with a real job and a sweater?
Leaving me shell shocked, steady getting ready for a header
I don't think I'll ever make it alone
Annihilate, I'm wide awake
Don't walk away, I'm suffocating
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting another all time low and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
Standing on the edge of the great divide
You're pushing all the right buttons to make worlds collide
Would you stab me in the back like a homicide
Or leave me buried in your bullshit like a landslide?
Are you biding your time with me
Waiting for someone better to come along?
As I sit and I scream this song
Are you biding your time with me
Waiting for someone better to come along?
If you are I proved you wrong
Both ends burn, I'll be waiting for you
I won't turn, I'll be waiting for you
Both ends burn, I'll be waiting for you
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Hitting at an all time low and there's no where left to go
Don't change your mind 'cause you'll be killing me
Striking at an all time low, and there's no where left to go
Make up your mind, don't be the death of me
If you want me here I am counting down to zero
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
Morse Code for Suckers Lyrics as written by Ben Osmundson Ali Tabatabaee
Lyrics © Royalty Network Music Publishing Ltd.
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