"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.
Premonition
Plunged into the darkness
Of the midnight sea
Underwater
In my sleep
Can't break the surface of this dream
Crystal Ballroom
Golden light
We're snowed in on this fateful night
It grows dark and suddenly
I'm on my own
Revelation
The immortals will return from Gallows Hill
In the shadows
Incarnations of past lives
That haunt me still
Constellations guiding you
Cascading light
So clear and true
It's OK, you will be safe
Your heart is pure
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Apparition
In a trance
I see the shores of far off lands
Through the tempest hear the sirens
Still I'm in a state of calm
Lightning sends a warning sign
That it's too late to change your mind
Cast adrift out on the sea of make believe
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
At your mercy
On the waves
When the storm hits in a violent rage
My will was tested
My strength was drained
I somehow always find a way to escape
Apparition
On the deck
I lie and look up at the stars
Summon you in secrecy
Through memories of who you are
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Plunged into the darkness
Of the midnight sea
Underwater
In my sleep
Can't break the surface of this dream
Crystal Ballroom
Golden light
We're snowed in on this fateful night
It grows dark and suddenly
I'm on my own
Revelation
The immortals will return from Gallows Hill
In the shadows
Incarnations of past lives
That haunt me still
Constellations guiding you
Cascading light
So clear and true
It's OK, you will be safe
Your heart is pure
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Apparition
In a trance
I see the shores of far off lands
Through the tempest hear the sirens
Still I'm in a state of calm
Lightning sends a warning sign
That it's too late to change your mind
Cast adrift out on the sea of make believe
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
At your mercy
On the waves
When the storm hits in a violent rage
My will was tested
My strength was drained
I somehow always find a way to escape
Apparition
On the deck
I lie and look up at the stars
Summon you in secrecy
Through memories of who you are
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Wondering
If I am dreaming
The magic comes undone
Waking up
The spell is broken
In the summer sun
Lyrics submitted by Elective Amnesia
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