"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.
When you wanna bleed just to know you're alive
The most vicious snakes crawl by your side
There's pills around
Collapsing ground
You would like to die but you can't even sleep
You would to try but she won't believe
In everything you say, and all the things you gave
You want her to die
But don't want her to leave
You just wanna try
To get what you need
The nightfall and all its mistakes
As dark and deep as it gets
The nightfall and all its mistakes
Suicide keeps you awake
Distilled whiskey turns to tears
The darkest thought replaces fear
Scorpions stitch you
When love hates you
You would like to die but you can't even sleep
You would to try but she won't believe
In everything you say, and all the things you gave
You want her to die
But don't want her to leave
You just wanna try
To get what you need
The nightfall and all its mistakes
As dark and deep as it gets
The nightfall and all its mistakes
Suicide keeps you awake
You would like to die
You would like to die
You would like to die
But you can't even sleep
DIE
DIE
DIE
The most vicious snakes crawl by your side
There's pills around
Collapsing ground
You would like to die but you can't even sleep
You would to try but she won't believe
In everything you say, and all the things you gave
You want her to die
But don't want her to leave
You just wanna try
To get what you need
The nightfall and all its mistakes
As dark and deep as it gets
The nightfall and all its mistakes
Suicide keeps you awake
Distilled whiskey turns to tears
The darkest thought replaces fear
Scorpions stitch you
When love hates you
You would like to die but you can't even sleep
You would to try but she won't believe
In everything you say, and all the things you gave
You want her to die
But don't want her to leave
You just wanna try
To get what you need
The nightfall and all its mistakes
As dark and deep as it gets
The nightfall and all its mistakes
Suicide keeps you awake
You would like to die
You would like to die
You would like to die
But you can't even sleep
DIE
DIE
DIE
Lyrics submitted by shatterzero666
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