"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.
You rise, you fall, you crash, then you're up again
What don't kill you make you more strong
You rise, you fall, you crash, then you're up again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, crash, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, crash, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
Before I die
Let the scars tell the story
The scars never lie
The crown, the crawl, the birth, and the end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
The crown, the crawl, the birth, and the end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Crown, crawl, birth, end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Crown, crawl, birth, end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
[Solo]
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
What don't kill you make you more strong
You rise, you fall, you crash, then you're up again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, crash, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, crash, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
Before I die
Let the scars tell the story
The scars never lie
The crown, the crawl, the birth, and the end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
The crown, the crawl, the birth, and the end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Crown, crawl, birth, end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Crown, crawl, birth, end it all
Dying's easy it's living that's hard
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
[Solo]
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
Let the scars tell the story
Pay your dues
Let the scars tell the story
Born to lose
Let the scars tell the story
They insist
Let the scars tell the story
Cause they tell it best
Lyrics submitted by slipvayne94bm, edited by wrathchild98
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You rise. You fall. You crash, then you're up again. What don’t kill ya make ya more strong. Rise, fall, crash, rise again What don’t kill ya make ya more strong. Rise, fall, crash, rise again What don’t kill ya make ya more strong.
Yeah, yeah Yo, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Yeah, yeah Yo, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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