"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.
It's three the morning
And I'm still not sleeping
'Cause I am finally running your race
The mountains you've been climbing seem like they have steepened
Since I have decided to pick up the pace
If the whole world told me I should disappear
Could I fall right next to you?
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby, let me burn the night away
By thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
So don't look back
The hour glass is running empty
You've got me buried with your every move
Your fine lines have me at a loss of memory
I'm right beside you in an empty room
If the whole world told me I should disappear
Could I fall right next to you?
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby let me burn the night away
But thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
And it's so hard to catch your feelings
When you always run away
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
You're making it hard for me to just start over like we're new
The whole world told me I should disappear
'Cause I'm falling in love with you
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby let me burn the night away
By thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
And it's so hard to catch your feelings
When you always run away
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
And I'm still not sleeping
'Cause I am finally running your race
The mountains you've been climbing seem like they have steepened
Since I have decided to pick up the pace
If the whole world told me I should disappear
Could I fall right next to you?
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby, let me burn the night away
By thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
So don't look back
The hour glass is running empty
You've got me buried with your every move
Your fine lines have me at a loss of memory
I'm right beside you in an empty room
If the whole world told me I should disappear
Could I fall right next to you?
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby let me burn the night away
But thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
And it's so hard to catch your feelings
When you always run away
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
You're making it hard for me to just start over like we're new
The whole world told me I should disappear
'Cause I'm falling in love with you
Just let me burn the night away
Oh baby let me burn the night away
By thinking of the simple things you say to me
That get me through the day
And it's so hard to catch your feelings
When you always run away
You keep me wide awake
You keep me wide awake
Lyrics submitted by chincheorf
Burn the Night Away Lyrics as written by Maike Haini Maile
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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