"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.
When all is lost to you inside
When all the darkness takes the light
The ritual warning has begun
And now you tear away from everyone
Disconnected, so alone, yeah
Severed ties from all you know
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Justify, you waste away
You dare to dream but still you're too afraid
And now you're broken and deceived
Lost to live this cruel reality
You're disconnected, so alone
Severed ties from all you know
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Maybe you'll stand
Or maybe you'll give and break to find another way
And makes things better
Maybe you'll find
A life you can live and learn to love along the way
And make things better
And make things better
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation (isolation)
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Isolation (isolation)
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh (until you love again)
Isolation (isolation)
If you could only see
What will come to be
You're disconnected, so alone
What will come to be
You're disconnected so alone
When all the darkness takes the light
The ritual warning has begun
And now you tear away from everyone
Disconnected, so alone, yeah
Severed ties from all you know
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Justify, you waste away
You dare to dream but still you're too afraid
And now you're broken and deceived
Lost to live this cruel reality
You're disconnected, so alone
Severed ties from all you know
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Maybe you'll stand
Or maybe you'll give and break to find another way
And makes things better
Maybe you'll find
A life you can live and learn to love along the way
And make things better
And make things better
Isolation
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh
Isolation (isolation)
If you could only see
What will come to be, yeah
Isolation (isolation)
Brings you to the end
Until you love again, oh (until you love again)
Isolation (isolation)
If you could only see
What will come to be
You're disconnected, so alone
What will come to be
You're disconnected so alone
Lyrics submitted by rsatrioadi
Isolation Lyrics as written by Myles Kennedy Mark Tremonti
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Heres a wiki thats a little more "on topic"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_%28Alter_Bridge_song%29