"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 don?t have to hide
You don?t need to be scared
I know you?re somewhere close tonight
I can feel you in the air
I swear it?s safe where I go
So when you see me, you should follow me forever
Remember the night we met?
You kissed me on the cheek and I held your hand
But time was against us
Hurry up, let?s spark this harder life
You said to me:
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.
I just know it, I know it, I know.
Music?s told me all I need is you.?
Forget everything you learned
I?ll lead you to safety, just follow me forever
?Why did you come for me??
?Not now, get up and run, here comes the enemy.?
My news ears are timeless, they taught me how to stand and fight!
So come with me!?
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.?
We?ll be together in time
But time was always against us
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.?
Remember back when we were kids
Don?t say a word, ?cause if you do they?ll be after you
Picture a world where no child is left behind
Invisible but you can see it
Take the stairs and turn around
Down, down, down
Waiting for days and days, in leave I stayed, it?s like
This is where my story began, this is where it ends
Take to the sky, take to the streets
You?ve got mine and I?ve got your back
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against
My heart is yours
My heart is yours but time was always
My heart is yours
You don?t need to be scared
I know you?re somewhere close tonight
I can feel you in the air
I swear it?s safe where I go
So when you see me, you should follow me forever
Remember the night we met?
You kissed me on the cheek and I held your hand
But time was against us
Hurry up, let?s spark this harder life
You said to me:
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.
I just know it, I know it, I know.
Music?s told me all I need is you.?
Forget everything you learned
I?ll lead you to safety, just follow me forever
?Why did you come for me??
?Not now, get up and run, here comes the enemy.?
My news ears are timeless, they taught me how to stand and fight!
So come with me!?
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.?
We?ll be together in time
But time was always against us
?Do you know who I am??
?Of course I know who you are.?
?How can you be so sure??
?It?s easy, believe me, I know.?
Remember back when we were kids
Don?t say a word, ?cause if you do they?ll be after you
Picture a world where no child is left behind
Invisible but you can see it
Take the stairs and turn around
Down, down, down
Waiting for days and days, in leave I stayed, it?s like
This is where my story began, this is where it ends
Take to the sky, take to the streets
You?ve got mine and I?ve got your back
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against us
My heart is yours but time was always against
My heart is yours
My heart is yours but time was always
My heart is yours
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