"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.
At the end of your rope
Hanging by a thread
He'd give anything for this to just go away
This grip is only so strong
I try to hold on tightly
But it's all slipping through my fingers
And I feel a moment, aspirations betray
Eyes that once beamed with hope now only stare in remorse
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
There will be no pity
There will be no sorrow
For today these hands may tremble
But this heart will never give in
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
And I will not fall
Fall from grace
And I will not fall
I
I will not fall from grace
I will not fall from grace
You're at the end of your rope
You're at the end of your rope
You're at the end of your rope
I will feel again
You're at the end of your rope
I will love again
Hanging by a thread
He'd give anything for this to just go away
This grip is only so strong
I try to hold on tightly
But it's all slipping through my fingers
And I feel a moment, aspirations betray
Eyes that once beamed with hope now only stare in remorse
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
There will be no pity
There will be no sorrow
For today these hands may tremble
But this heart will never give in
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
Even through this pain
I will feel again
Even through these tears
I will love again
And I will not fall
Fall from grace
And I will not fall
I
I will not fall from grace
I will not fall from grace
You're at the end of your rope
You're at the end of your rope
You're at the end of your rope
I will feel again
You're at the end of your rope
I will love again
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Correct lyrics- at the end of your rope, hanging by a thread, hed give anything for this, to just go away, his grip is only so strong, i try to hold on tightly, but its all slipping through my fingers, and im feeding moments, aspirations betrayed, eyes that once been withhold,now i only stare in remorse,
sorry, "beamed with hope."