"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.
Sometimes it seems like the world's just too much
I feel like a stranger, I feel out of touch
Can anyone find me? Does anyone care?
Am I lost on this island alone?
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And find me the road that will lead me, back to me
The city is where you can be anything
But there's tarnished halos and there's broken wings
But this is my story, I have to be me
Cause I know I can be anything
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And find me the road that will lead me, back to me
So many people just, trying to be free
Sometimes the answer is not what it seems
I gotta keep searching, I gotta believe
That one of these roads is the one for me
Sometimes it seems like the world's just too much
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And give me the book that will lead me
Just find me the road that will lead me, back to me
I feel like a stranger, I feel out of touch
Can anyone find me? Does anyone care?
Am I lost on this island alone?
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And find me the road that will lead me, back to me
The city is where you can be anything
But there's tarnished halos and there's broken wings
But this is my story, I have to be me
Cause I know I can be anything
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And find me the road that will lead me, back to me
So many people just, trying to be free
Sometimes the answer is not what it seems
I gotta keep searching, I gotta believe
That one of these roads is the one for me
Sometimes it seems like the world's just too much
I'm on the road to anywhere
And it feels like the world don't care
So give me a compass, a map I can see
And give me the book that will lead me
Just find me the road that will lead me, back to me
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Road To Anywhere Lyrics as written by Jill Walsh Jason Lehning
Lyrics © Raleigh Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
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