"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.
Pride, it leaves you hollow
Another attempt
Just to settle the score
A war, you know the one you built it up
It's real defining
Humiliation, oh, it knocks at your door
You say I blow up, I say you cave in
We never found the line between
The real and pretend
You know you should accept it
This is really the end
I know for sure, it's what I have to do
Is follow through
You were everything I ever want to be
The only thing I ever needed no
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
Yeah that's what I do
Yeah I follow through
Oh I follow through
And here I stand
I'm too close but still you're far away
You never tried but I did
And we still remain divided
Oh I can't believe that your heart's still beating
It's beating for me at all
How sad of you
But I'm not sad at all
You say I blow up
I say you cave in
We never found the line between
The real and pretend
You know you should accept it
This is really the end
I know for sure, it's what I have to do
Is follow through
And you were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
And as it falls down into night we run away
And once again divided
But each one knows just what we have to do
We do, we have to, follow through
[Repeat: x3]
I will lay down my heart
I will let you go
That's what's best for us all
('Cause now we stand beneath the clouds and God above)
(Like we did before)
(But this time for her)
(I'll follow through)
You were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lays down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
Hold my heart patiently
And take my hand, yeah walk with me
'Cause when the evening comes
We'll set the world on fire
And I was wrong
Let me help you live on
You were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
And as it falls down into night we run away
And once again divided
But each one knows just what we have to do
We do, we have to, follow through
Hold my heart patiently
And take my hand, yeah walk with me
'Cause when the evening comes
We'll set the world on fire
And I was wrong
Let me help you live on
Another attempt
Just to settle the score
A war, you know the one you built it up
It's real defining
Humiliation, oh, it knocks at your door
You say I blow up, I say you cave in
We never found the line between
The real and pretend
You know you should accept it
This is really the end
I know for sure, it's what I have to do
Is follow through
You were everything I ever want to be
The only thing I ever needed no
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
Yeah that's what I do
Yeah I follow through
Oh I follow through
And here I stand
I'm too close but still you're far away
You never tried but I did
And we still remain divided
Oh I can't believe that your heart's still beating
It's beating for me at all
How sad of you
But I'm not sad at all
You say I blow up
I say you cave in
We never found the line between
The real and pretend
You know you should accept it
This is really the end
I know for sure, it's what I have to do
Is follow through
And you were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
And as it falls down into night we run away
And once again divided
But each one knows just what we have to do
We do, we have to, follow through
[Repeat: x3]
I will lay down my heart
I will let you go
That's what's best for us all
('Cause now we stand beneath the clouds and God above)
(Like we did before)
(But this time for her)
(I'll follow through)
You were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lays down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
Hold my heart patiently
And take my hand, yeah walk with me
'Cause when the evening comes
We'll set the world on fire
And I was wrong
Let me help you live on
You were everything I ever want to be
The only one I ever need to know
I'd wait for you till time lay down to sleep
And I'd sneak across the world to let her know
And as it falls down into night we run away
And once again divided
But each one knows just what we have to do
We do, we have to, follow through
Hold my heart patiently
And take my hand, yeah walk with me
'Cause when the evening comes
We'll set the world on fire
And I was wrong
Let me help you live on
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The Follow Through Lyrics as written by Timothy Palmer Justin Furstenfeld
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I agree with you The Smolder. That's what I have been saying when I sing to it. :)
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