"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 want it
Ohh, I'm not even gonna lie
I want it
It's in every day dream every sigh
I want it
Even if it makes me cry
I want it
I've got to have it or I'll die
I want it
Does your family even care?
I want it
Ohh, did they tell you I'd be there?
I want it
I've gotta get this for my team
I want it
Just tell yourself this was my dream
Victoryyyyyy, I can smell it in the air
In my mind it's surrounds me everywhere,
But what a wondrous occasion, this could be
In fact I know it will, cause this is my victoryyyyyyyyy
I want it
This is something you can't buy
I want it
Ohh don't you get it nothing else will satisfy?
I want it
Even worse than someone that would lie
I want it
But only a champion would qualify
I want it
Oh to be in the books of history
I want it
Oh look page one hundred, this is me
I want it
They'll say I changed things officially
I want it
And so these were the words to my speech
Victoryyyyyy, I can smell it in the air, in the air
In my mind it's surrounds me everywhere, everywhere
But what a wondrous occasion, this could be, this will be
In fact I know it will, I know it will
'Cause this is my victoryyyyyyyyy
Oh, the limit's the skyyyyyyyyyy!
The limit is the skyyyyyyyyyy! [Repeat x3]
It's the sky
The limit is the sky
Ahhhhhhhh! Don't you be afraid!
Skyyyyyyyyyy!
The limit is the skyyyyyyyyyy! [Repeat x3]
Go for it, go forth and try
The limit is, the sky
Good luck
Ohh, I'm not even gonna lie
I want it
It's in every day dream every sigh
I want it
Even if it makes me cry
I want it
I've got to have it or I'll die
I want it
Does your family even care?
I want it
Ohh, did they tell you I'd be there?
I want it
I've gotta get this for my team
I want it
Just tell yourself this was my dream
Victoryyyyyy, I can smell it in the air
In my mind it's surrounds me everywhere,
But what a wondrous occasion, this could be
In fact I know it will, cause this is my victoryyyyyyyyy
I want it
This is something you can't buy
I want it
Ohh don't you get it nothing else will satisfy?
I want it
Even worse than someone that would lie
I want it
But only a champion would qualify
I want it
Oh to be in the books of history
I want it
Oh look page one hundred, this is me
I want it
They'll say I changed things officially
I want it
And so these were the words to my speech
Victoryyyyyy, I can smell it in the air, in the air
In my mind it's surrounds me everywhere, everywhere
But what a wondrous occasion, this could be, this will be
In fact I know it will, I know it will
'Cause this is my victoryyyyyyyyy
Oh, the limit's the skyyyyyyyyyy!
The limit is the skyyyyyyyyyy! [Repeat x3]
It's the sky
The limit is the sky
Ahhhhhhhh! Don't you be afraid!
Skyyyyyyyyyy!
The limit is the skyyyyyyyyyy! [Repeat x3]
Go for it, go forth and try
The limit is, the sky
Good luck
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Victory Lyrics as written by Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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