"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.
can we say we're safe here tonight?
don't follow, he's waiting for us
stay away from the neon lights!
it burns our eyes!
take a, take a look
lets see what i see
it's not pretty to think i had it made
just a have it stripped away
stay pretty, cause thats all you got
you took us threw it all away!
i am your guardian in charge for now
i stand so broken, so quiet, unspoken,
you're better off without her, you just don't know it!
all things seem golden, with our eyes unopened
stealing our time from sleep
can we say we're safe here tonight
(let's say we're safe here tonight)
don't follow, he's waiting for us
stay away from the neon lights (stay away)
it burns our eyes.
there's beauty, beauty from the inside
there's beauty, beauty all around you
and i want it, i want it so bad
but you burned it, so bad!
i am your sailing off for you
i dont want it, but I'll sing it,
i dont want it, but I'll sing it, loud
cause im alive, i'm alive for the first time in years
and i'll sing
welcome home to me
pray for you my god
how good as your are
make me this inkling a goodbye
on the floor (on the floor)
on the eyes (on the eyes)
to engage for hours apart
I wondered how you're doing, how are you feeling?
we watched the stars fall
how can something so beautiful be catastrophic?
i have nights i brought you
one last time (one last time) we're about to find you
i think this world can burn!
theres beauty, beauty from the inside,
theres beauty, beauty from the inside out!
right now, now theres beauty, from the inside out!
don't follow, he's waiting for us
stay away from the neon lights!
it burns our eyes!
take a, take a look
lets see what i see
it's not pretty to think i had it made
just a have it stripped away
stay pretty, cause thats all you got
you took us threw it all away!
i am your guardian in charge for now
i stand so broken, so quiet, unspoken,
you're better off without her, you just don't know it!
all things seem golden, with our eyes unopened
stealing our time from sleep
can we say we're safe here tonight
(let's say we're safe here tonight)
don't follow, he's waiting for us
stay away from the neon lights (stay away)
it burns our eyes.
there's beauty, beauty from the inside
there's beauty, beauty all around you
and i want it, i want it so bad
but you burned it, so bad!
i am your sailing off for you
i dont want it, but I'll sing it,
i dont want it, but I'll sing it, loud
cause im alive, i'm alive for the first time in years
and i'll sing
welcome home to me
pray for you my god
how good as your are
make me this inkling a goodbye
on the floor (on the floor)
on the eyes (on the eyes)
to engage for hours apart
I wondered how you're doing, how are you feeling?
we watched the stars fall
how can something so beautiful be catastrophic?
i have nights i brought you
one last time (one last time) we're about to find you
i think this world can burn!
theres beauty, beauty from the inside,
theres beauty, beauty from the inside out!
right now, now theres beauty, from the inside out!
Lyrics submitted by xKissxHerxBruisesx
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im really not sure about some of these lyrics, slightly hard to work out. any corrections would be ace
can we say we're safe here tonight?<br /> don't follow, he's waiting for us<br /> stay away from the neon lights!<br /> it burns our eyes!<br /> <br /> take a, take a look<br /> lets see what i see<br /> it's not pretty to think i had it made<br /> just a have it stripped away<br /> stay pretty, cause thats all you got<br /> you took us threw it all away!<br /> <br /> i am your guardian in charge for now<br /> i stand so broken, so quiet, unspoken,<br /> you're better off without her, you just don't know it!<br /> <br /> all things seem golden, with our eyes unopened<br /> stealing our time from sleep<br /> <br /> can we say we're safe here tonight <br /> (let's say we're safe here tonight)<br /> don't follow, he's waiting for us<br /> stay away from the neon lights (stay away)<br /> it burns our eyes.<br /> <br /> there's beauty, beauty from the inside<br /> there's beauty, beauty all around you<br /> and i want it, i want it so bad<br /> but you burned it, so bad!<br /> <br /> i am your sailing off for you<br /> <br /> i dont want it, but I'll sing it,<br /> i dont want it, but I'll sing it, loud<br /> cause im alive, i'm alive for the first time in years<br /> and i'll sing <br /> <br /> welcome home to me<br /> pray for you my god<br /> how good as your are<br /> make me this inkling a goodbye<br /> on the floor (on the floor)<br /> on the eyes (on the eyes)<br /> to engage for hours apart<br /> I wondered how you're doing, how are you feeling?<br /> <br /> we watched the stars fall<br /> how can something so beautiful be catastrophic?<br /> i have nights i brought you<br /> one last time (one last time) we're about to find you<br /> <br /> i think this world can burn!<br /> theres beauty, beauty from the inside,<br /> theres beauty, beauty from the inside out!<br /> right now, now theres beauty, from the inside out!