"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 seen some things that shake the ground
you stand upon. I've tried to tell you,
I've done some things that make you want to lie
and say you never knew me. I've got the key,
take one It will set you free.
Big fall on me, repeat after me.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Your perfect life, a masquerade of locks and doors to keep your secrets.
I seek, you hide behind lambs and cloaks, mirrors and smoke from me.
I've got the key,
take one It will set you free.
Big fall on me, repeat after me.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
you stand upon. I've tried to tell you,
I've done some things that make you want to lie
and say you never knew me. I've got the key,
take one It will set you free.
Big fall on me, repeat after me.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Your perfect life, a masquerade of locks and doors to keep your secrets.
I seek, you hide behind lambs and cloaks, mirrors and smoke from me.
I've got the key,
take one It will set you free.
Big fall on me, repeat after me.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Lay your head before you sleep and
Let me in, I'll take you in.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Say that nothing stays young forever anymore.
'Cause the world's a liar.
Take your love away, forget everything you know.
'Cause this world's a liar.
Lyrics submitted by Nostalgia37
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