"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.
There's really only two ways to die
It's a fear, it's a fact, it's a feeling
And you can do it to yourself
If you can find a reason
Well it's a hard road to go
To stop the world from spinning around you
So what do you do?
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
up with dirty air
You shut your eyes so your eyes stop seeing
All the things and the people your being used
And you say
It's my problem
It's my headache
It's your awful that I do
It's my problem
It's my headache
And it has nothing to do with you
And people say it's easy
To take a walk off a path
Or take a trip down memory lane
And take a pill
Well it's harder than you think
To leave a world the you've been living in
In misery
So what do you do?
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
up with dirty air
You shut your eyes so your eyes stop seeing
All the things and the people your being used
And you say (how dare you say?)
It's my problem
It's my headache
It's your awful that I do
It's my problem
It's my headache
And it has nothing to do with you
How can you say
You've always loved me?
(You've never loved anyone but yourself)
How dare you say
You'd always be around
(Well now you're dead and I'm still here)
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
Up with dirty air
It's your problem
It's your headache
It's your awful that I do
Your problem
Your headache
And it has everything to do with you
It's your problem now
They're your headaches now
It's your pride that's losing all control
It's your problem now
They're your headaches
And it has everything to do with you
It's a fear, it's a fact, it's a feeling
And you can do it to yourself
If you can find a reason
Well it's a hard road to go
To stop the world from spinning around you
So what do you do?
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
up with dirty air
You shut your eyes so your eyes stop seeing
All the things and the people your being used
And you say
It's my problem
It's my headache
It's your awful that I do
It's my problem
It's my headache
And it has nothing to do with you
And people say it's easy
To take a walk off a path
Or take a trip down memory lane
And take a pill
Well it's harder than you think
To leave a world the you've been living in
In misery
So what do you do?
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
up with dirty air
You shut your eyes so your eyes stop seeing
All the things and the people your being used
And you say (how dare you say?)
It's my problem
It's my headache
It's your awful that I do
It's my problem
It's my headache
And it has nothing to do with you
How can you say
You've always loved me?
(You've never loved anyone but yourself)
How dare you say
You'd always be around
(Well now you're dead and I'm still here)
Kill your heart but your heart's still beating
Close your lungs but your lung's still filling
Up with dirty air
It's your problem
It's your headache
It's your awful that I do
Your problem
Your headache
And it has everything to do with you
It's your problem now
They're your headaches now
It's your pride that's losing all control
It's your problem now
They're your headaches
And it has everything to do with you
Lyrics submitted by pastachickennugget42
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