"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.
Say the worst thing first
You could swear you wouldn't change
But my words had lips that chose to tip
the balance just the same
I believe that some things can work better in the dark
But my one regret's we didn't get a torch before the start
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
Say the worst thing first
You said you couldn't, better wait
But my words were knives that broke our lives
I did it just the same
I deceive, I try to be a bigger cheat than you
But I know too late
it's not so great to hide away the truth
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
One my time for all times
I should've shut my mouth
and closed my eyes
to cross my legs
to save these words
This face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
One my time for all times
I should've shut my mouth
And now we'll never speak again
You could swear you wouldn't change
But my words had lips that chose to tip
the balance just the same
I believe that some things can work better in the dark
But my one regret's we didn't get a torch before the start
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
Say the worst thing first
You said you couldn't, better wait
But my words were knives that broke our lives
I did it just the same
I deceive, I try to be a bigger cheat than you
But I know too late
it's not so great to hide away the truth
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
One my time for all times
I should've shut my mouth
and closed my eyes
to cross my legs
to save these words
This face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
And now we'll never speak again
My face says everything
One my time for all times
I should've shut my mouth
And now we'll never speak again
Lyrics submitted by c h i e w
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