"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.
Start over
I can't make sense of this
You mumble your words when you don't wanna hurt feelings
Calm down, cage bird, get to the heart of it
Life's not what you thought it'd be
Tell me when it ever really is
Oh, what, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers collide
I'm never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
We shared the same set of eyes for so long
I can't even see myself without you looking back through me
You're the best thing that's ever happened to me
However, the brighter the feather, the harder it's to set free
Oh, are, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers divide
You're never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
Oh, are, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers collide
We're never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
But stay on the bright side of things, my love
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
I can't make sense of this
You mumble your words when you don't wanna hurt feelings
Calm down, cage bird, get to the heart of it
Life's not what you thought it'd be
Tell me when it ever really is
Oh, what, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers collide
I'm never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
We shared the same set of eyes for so long
I can't even see myself without you looking back through me
You're the best thing that's ever happened to me
However, the brighter the feather, the harder it's to set free
Oh, are, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers divide
You're never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
Oh, are, are we strangers on the same side?
When best friends and lovers collide
We're never saying never again
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt, the harder it rains
But we had it coming
'Cause we don't want our colors to fade
It's lights out for us all some day
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
But stay on the bright side of things, my love
But stay on the bright side of things, okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Lyrics submitted by jswa8
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