"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.
What's your vision to give?
You could not hang around
Once you floated sky high
You did not hit the ground
When you could swing your perfect body across the sky
When you could swing your perfect body across the sky
Travel sunrise around
Through the dark end of day
Science eclipse the stars
Sitting off of the edge
On stars you wish
For stars you fall
You fall back to her
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Once you drew the guidelight
Pardon, past soul of God
But God and his children fight
Until they forget why they fought
When they could swing their perfect bodies across the sky
When they could swing their perfect bodies across the sky
Travel sunrise around
Around the dark end of day
Measure time by your path
By your path as it stays
On stars you wish
For stars you fall
You fall back to her
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
You could not hang around
Once you floated sky high
You did not hit the ground
When you could swing your perfect body across the sky
When you could swing your perfect body across the sky
Travel sunrise around
Through the dark end of day
Science eclipse the stars
Sitting off of the edge
On stars you wish
For stars you fall
You fall back to her
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Once you drew the guidelight
Pardon, past soul of God
But God and his children fight
Until they forget why they fought
When they could swing their perfect bodies across the sky
When they could swing their perfect bodies across the sky
Travel sunrise around
Around the dark end of day
Measure time by your path
By your path as it stays
On stars you wish
For stars you fall
You fall back to her
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Back to her
Back to her, go
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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