"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.
Feel like I lost myself today
The thought of rejection burns away
It's been two weeks since she called
I'm going out of my tiny mind everyday
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, (slows)
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
Driving around, it's ten below
It's freezing outside, November calls
It's been two weeks since she left
I'm going out of my tiny mind everyday
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, (slows)
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
Say hello, say hello, say hello to Eve (Run out of time)
This love inside feels like the enemy
Say hello, say hello, say hello from me (Run out of time)
She waved goodbye as I watched her leave
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, slows
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
The thought of rejection burns away
It's been two weeks since she called
I'm going out of my tiny mind everyday
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, (slows)
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
Driving around, it's ten below
It's freezing outside, November calls
It's been two weeks since she left
I'm going out of my tiny mind everyday
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, (slows)
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
Say hello, say hello, say hello to Eve (Run out of time)
This love inside feels like the enemy
Say hello, say hello, say hello from me (Run out of time)
She waved goodbye as I watched her leave
You will never know
If you can't feel my heart the way it beats, it slows, slows
Today I almost choked, I thought we got along
I guess we got it wrong
Lyrics submitted by tommyhaych
Tiny Minds Lyrics as written by Grant Nicholas
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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