"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.
This incline will always remind me of you
And the seat next to me will forever be yours
But the sun doesn't shine
Just quite like it did that day
And all the stars in the sky
Couldn't help me to cry at night
I want you to believe this
That life may have no purpose
But you make me proud
You're the one with the power
The power that's keeping me down
But what happened that night
Couldn't haunt me tonight I swear
So I'm saying out loud
And I want to get off this ride
Please let me off this ride
Please let me off this ride
We should've been together
Standing strong side by side
Alas you have been taken
And here I speak this time
I dove right in with Angel's wings
Emerged deaf to what the choir sings
This shouldn't be in your name
And I shouldn't be to blame
On a cold night how your warm breath stings
Reminding me of all those things
We should've done together
We would've been together
In your eyes
Begin to shine and I'm ready
Open the door with your bright eyes
This is not for you but me
We aim to find enough sorrows
Open the doors and let me begin this
One last time that's not for you
So you think that I'll just get up and forget
About everything you are
And everything you were
I used to sleep to dream to disappear
But I never get that far
Why do you have to follow me here?
Break this mistake
Side by side
Break this mistake
Side by side
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
We’ll stay with you forever
Forever
And the seat next to me will forever be yours
But the sun doesn't shine
Just quite like it did that day
And all the stars in the sky
Couldn't help me to cry at night
I want you to believe this
That life may have no purpose
But you make me proud
You're the one with the power
The power that's keeping me down
But what happened that night
Couldn't haunt me tonight I swear
So I'm saying out loud
And I want to get off this ride
Please let me off this ride
Please let me off this ride
We should've been together
Standing strong side by side
Alas you have been taken
And here I speak this time
I dove right in with Angel's wings
Emerged deaf to what the choir sings
This shouldn't be in your name
And I shouldn't be to blame
On a cold night how your warm breath stings
Reminding me of all those things
We should've done together
We would've been together
In your eyes
Begin to shine and I'm ready
Open the door with your bright eyes
This is not for you but me
We aim to find enough sorrows
Open the doors and let me begin this
One last time that's not for you
So you think that I'll just get up and forget
About everything you are
And everything you were
I used to sleep to dream to disappear
But I never get that far
Why do you have to follow me here?
Break this mistake
Side by side
Break this mistake
Side by side
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
This is what they say to you
This is happening
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
What happened that night
Can't haunt me tonight
We'll stay with you forever
We’ll stay with you forever
Forever
Lyrics submitted by Rockkstarr
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