"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.
3 A.M. and you're tossing in your bed
Thoughts are turning in your head
You're hanging on, but how much longer
Why do empty things you pour your soul into
Never fill that void in you
Makes you wonder
There shadows hanging over you
I know you wish that you could see beyond
But it's always darkest before the dawn
[Chorus]
Love at the speed of light
Comes on the darkest night
Only takes a moment to change a life
All of us need His love
Come see the wonder of
The miracle that happens when we believe
Love at the speed of light
Comes on the darkest night
Only takes a moment to make us right
We can believe in love
We can be free at the speed of light
I've heard it said the peace of life that you desire
Is in the power that you acquire
You're moving up, but how much longer
What's it matter if you gain a wealth of gold
But in the process lose your soul
You have to wonder
There is darkness surrounding you
I hear you pray that you could see the sun
And that's the moment your freedom comes
[Chorus]
Break away, leave the cold night
Steal away from the shadows
Break away, leave the old life
Dance away from the dark
Thoughts are turning in your head
You're hanging on, but how much longer
Why do empty things you pour your soul into
Never fill that void in you
Makes you wonder
There shadows hanging over you
I know you wish that you could see beyond
But it's always darkest before the dawn
[Chorus]
Love at the speed of light
Comes on the darkest night
Only takes a moment to change a life
All of us need His love
Come see the wonder of
The miracle that happens when we believe
Love at the speed of light
Comes on the darkest night
Only takes a moment to make us right
We can believe in love
We can be free at the speed of light
I've heard it said the peace of life that you desire
Is in the power that you acquire
You're moving up, but how much longer
What's it matter if you gain a wealth of gold
But in the process lose your soul
You have to wonder
There is darkness surrounding you
I hear you pray that you could see the sun
And that's the moment your freedom comes
[Chorus]
Break away, leave the cold night
Steal away from the shadows
Break away, leave the old life
Dance away from the dark
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Speed of Light Lyrics as written by Kyle David Matthews Jody Mcbrayer
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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