"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 tell myself that I'll take you for the last time
I'll be over you eventually
Time after time, you seem to brush me off
I understand what we have become
You wash your neck when you leave, now I know your routine
I was in love with your mystery
Now I'll just take what I can get from you
I'm not embarrassed to be what you want me to be
Cause unlike you, I got nothing to hide
I don't pretend to have any shame
I got a box you can put all your lies in
Until the end of days
You know that I will be a call away
The call you'll make when you're all alone
And I know that I will always be the one
You repent when you are done
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
You just wanna fill the void now
I can tell that you've been yelling at him all night long
And I can hear it in your voice now
He got you smoking extra packs a day
Don't you worry 'bout me talking
I know why you've been coming
I'll be quiet, this ain't nothing to me
Just wrap your legs around my waist
I won't stop until you ask me
Don't you worry about us messing up my sheets
Cause unlike you, I got nothing to hide
I don't pretend to have any shame
I got a box you can put all your lies in
Until the end of days
And know that I will be a call away
The call you'll make when you're all alone
And I know that I will always be the one
You repent when you are done
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
Well, here comes the sun
You're in my arms
My denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
You're gonna hate him
Then you'll want me
Then you'll miss him
Then you'll hate me
Girl, I know you so well (girl, I know you so well)
Girl, I know your routine (yes, I know your routine)
You're gonna hate him (hate him)
Then you'll want me (want me)
Then you'll miss him (baby)
Then you'll hate me
Girl, I know you so well (girl, I know you so well)
Girl, I know your routine (ouuh-oh)
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
Well, here comes the sun
You're in my arms
My denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
I'll be over you eventually
Time after time, you seem to brush me off
I understand what we have become
You wash your neck when you leave, now I know your routine
I was in love with your mystery
Now I'll just take what I can get from you
I'm not embarrassed to be what you want me to be
Cause unlike you, I got nothing to hide
I don't pretend to have any shame
I got a box you can put all your lies in
Until the end of days
You know that I will be a call away
The call you'll make when you're all alone
And I know that I will always be the one
You repent when you are done
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
You just wanna fill the void now
I can tell that you've been yelling at him all night long
And I can hear it in your voice now
He got you smoking extra packs a day
Don't you worry 'bout me talking
I know why you've been coming
I'll be quiet, this ain't nothing to me
Just wrap your legs around my waist
I won't stop until you ask me
Don't you worry about us messing up my sheets
Cause unlike you, I got nothing to hide
I don't pretend to have any shame
I got a box you can put all your lies in
Until the end of days
And know that I will be a call away
The call you'll make when you're all alone
And I know that I will always be the one
You repent when you are done
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
Well, here comes the sun
You're in my arms
My denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
You're gonna hate him
Then you'll want me
Then you'll miss him
Then you'll hate me
Girl, I know you so well (girl, I know you so well)
Girl, I know your routine (yes, I know your routine)
You're gonna hate him (hate him)
Then you'll want me (want me)
Then you'll miss him (baby)
Then you'll hate me
Girl, I know you so well (girl, I know you so well)
Girl, I know your routine (ouuh-oh)
Well, here comes the sun
And you're in my arms
And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
Well, here comes the sun
You're in my arms
My denial keeps me on the edge of the chance
That you'll stay through the night
Lyrics submitted by J_Appleseed, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Till Dawn (Here Comes the Sun) Lyrics as written by Martin Daniel Mckinney Carlo Montagnese
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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