"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.
in the darkest
you were the only light
i remember
tried your hardest
made me feel alive
now i cant forget ya
what you found was
a lost lonely heart
torn into pieces
with you i feel like myself
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
falling up (x3)
i'm falling up
falling up, up, up
falling up (x3)
but i'm not falling,
i'm not falling down
without trying
you knew the words to say
to save me from myself
i can't deny it
never felt this way
not from no one else
what you found was
a lost lonely heart
torn into pieces
with you i feel like myself
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
falling up (x3)
i'm falling up
falling up, up, up
falling up (x3)
but i'm not falling,
i'm not falling down
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
cause i'm going up with you
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
cause i've fallen up with you now
i've fallen up with you now
falling up, falling up woah (x3)
i'm not falling down
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
you were the only light
i remember
tried your hardest
made me feel alive
now i cant forget ya
what you found was
a lost lonely heart
torn into pieces
with you i feel like myself
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
falling up (x3)
i'm falling up
falling up, up, up
falling up (x3)
but i'm not falling,
i'm not falling down
without trying
you knew the words to say
to save me from myself
i can't deny it
never felt this way
not from no one else
what you found was
a lost lonely heart
torn into pieces
with you i feel like myself
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
falling up (x3)
i'm falling up
falling up, up, up
falling up (x3)
but i'm not falling,
i'm not falling down
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
cause i'm going up with you
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
who says when you fall
you have to fall down?
cause i've fallen up with you now
i've fallen up with you now
falling up, falling up woah (x3)
i'm not falling down
nothing but gold when we're together
you are my world forever
feels like i've fallen
but i never touched the ground
feeling so right when i'm around you
how could i live without you?
its like i've fallen
but i'm not falling
i'm not falling down
Lyrics submitted by xxamberannexx
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