"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.
Angels falling from the sky
Imagine that imagine that
Nobody's getting out of here alive
No turning back no turning back
Who's going to bail out all our shattered dreams?
And scrape some truth off of these city streets
No time for praying get up off your knees
[Chorus]
There's hope I know
Out on that lonely road
'Cause home is where you are and where I am
Breathe in, breathe out
There's only now
And all I got I'm holding in my hands
We're breaking out of brokenpromiseland
Let's close our eyes and just disappear
Slip through the cracks no looking back
We'll get a million miles away from here
And let the past just fade to black
So what you learn to live with your regrets
No need to fear what hasn't happened yet
Life will get you but you can't forget
[Chorus]
So rise my fallen angel
Come on now come on now
Shine, don't let 'em break you
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on
[Chorus]
(La la la la la la la la) breaking out of brokenpromiseland
(La la la la la la la la) breaking out of brokenpromiseland
(La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la)
(La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la)
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Imagine that imagine that
Nobody's getting out of here alive
No turning back no turning back
Who's going to bail out all our shattered dreams?
And scrape some truth off of these city streets
No time for praying get up off your knees
[Chorus]
There's hope I know
Out on that lonely road
'Cause home is where you are and where I am
Breathe in, breathe out
There's only now
And all I got I'm holding in my hands
We're breaking out of brokenpromiseland
Let's close our eyes and just disappear
Slip through the cracks no looking back
We'll get a million miles away from here
And let the past just fade to black
So what you learn to live with your regrets
No need to fear what hasn't happened yet
Life will get you but you can't forget
[Chorus]
So rise my fallen angel
Come on now come on now
Shine, don't let 'em break you
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, come on
[Chorus]
(La la la la la la la la) breaking out of brokenpromiseland
(La la la la la la la la) breaking out of brokenpromiseland
(La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la)
(La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la)
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
Brokenpromiseland Lyrics as written by Richie Sambora John Shanks
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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