"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.
I've still a whole life ahead of me,
but I've lost all my desires
I knew this dream would come to an end
To an end...
No, I never thought life could be so hard
Sun is shining bright, but not for me
Not for me
Not for me...
Day by day, discovering how it feels
Losing faith in your humanity
But I still preserve my self-esteem
My self-esteem
No! I never thought
life could be so hard
And I'm about to fall
Yeah! I'm about to fall
I know that this life is going to be
Senseless
Everything's senseless
I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
I remember how things used to be
The warm feel of a sweet embrace for me
Love has given us its best and then
it just disappeared
Day by day I wonder how you feel
Losing faith in your humanity
Have you still preserved your self-esteem?
Your self-esteem
No! I never thought
you could be so proud
to not admit your faults
and destroy our world
I know that this life is going to be
Senseless
Everything's senseless
I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
No sense
It makes no sense
No sense
It's time to make a change
It's time to leave my past
I need to run straight ahead,
but how can I find a new force to renew my life?
Senseless
Everything's senseless
And I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
No sense!
No sense!
but I've lost all my desires
I knew this dream would come to an end
To an end...
No, I never thought life could be so hard
Sun is shining bright, but not for me
Not for me
Not for me...
Day by day, discovering how it feels
Losing faith in your humanity
But I still preserve my self-esteem
My self-esteem
No! I never thought
life could be so hard
And I'm about to fall
Yeah! I'm about to fall
I know that this life is going to be
Senseless
Everything's senseless
I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
I remember how things used to be
The warm feel of a sweet embrace for me
Love has given us its best and then
it just disappeared
Day by day I wonder how you feel
Losing faith in your humanity
Have you still preserved your self-esteem?
Your self-esteem
No! I never thought
you could be so proud
to not admit your faults
and destroy our world
I know that this life is going to be
Senseless
Everything's senseless
I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
No sense
It makes no sense
No sense
It's time to make a change
It's time to leave my past
I need to run straight ahead,
but how can I find a new force to renew my life?
Senseless
Everything's senseless
And I've tried so hard to learn
I don't understand this game
It makes no sense!
No sense!
No sense!
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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