"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.
Do you really want
To love someone
Who does not love you
Do you really want
To stab your
Enemy in the back
Stab him in front
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Is it what you want
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Do you want to be the offshoot of delusion
Do you think they'll mind your decision
I'm sorry
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Do you feel you owe the errant foe
Anything at all
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
Do you want to be the offshoot of delusion
give in to resignation
I'm sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
Do you feel you owe the errant foe
Anything at all
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
To love someone
Who does not love you
Do you really want
To stab your
Enemy in the back
Stab him in front
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Is it what you want
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Do you want to be the offshoot of delusion
Do you think they'll mind your decision
I'm sorry
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
Do you feel you owe the errant foe
Anything at all
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.
Do you want to be the offshoot of delusion
give in to resignation
I'm sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
I won't, I won't, I won't, I sorry.
Do you feel you owe the errant foe
Anything at all
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
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High Expectation Lyrics as written by Timothy John Gane Laetitia Sadier
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Do you really want To love someone Who does not love you
I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry. I don't, I don't, I don't, I'm sorry.
This could be sung by someone who is being rejected, but it could also be sung by someone who is leaving her and speaking to him or herself using the pronoun 'you', as above. Consider the leaving lover saying: 'do you really want to love someone who does not love you?'. In this second interpretation, the second lover says 'I don't', no, I don't want to be with someone who doesn't love me, and that's why I'm leaving.
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I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry. I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry. I don't, I don't, I don't, I sorry.