"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.
To my land, my name’s as it stands
To the world, I don’t give a damn
Feel the air, Let it brush up your face
Make a plan, and fill in it’s place
We will rise, bursts of light, times on fly
We will rise
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
[2x] I will not fight, I will stay right, I will make you see what I have done
Forecast all those that you knew, all these feelings they have you ruin
We can’t be the only one’s doin this screwin this up
We will rise
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Keep this in mind, that time never rewinds
The horizon, is so dark I can’t even see my way
At the end of this hurricane, what will you have to say
To my land, my name’s as it stands
To the world, I don’t give a damn
Feel the air, Let it brush up your face
Make a plan, and fill in it’s place
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How will you be saved?
To the world, I don’t give a damn
Feel the air, Let it brush up your face
Make a plan, and fill in it’s place
We will rise, bursts of light, times on fly
We will rise
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
[2x] I will not fight, I will stay right, I will make you see what I have done
Forecast all those that you knew, all these feelings they have you ruin
We can’t be the only one’s doin this screwin this up
We will rise
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How would you be saved?
Keep this in mind, that time never rewinds
The horizon, is so dark I can’t even see my way
At the end of this hurricane, what will you have to say
To my land, my name’s as it stands
To the world, I don’t give a damn
Feel the air, Let it brush up your face
Make a plan, and fill in it’s place
Forecast, how’d you know? TAKE THIS TO YOUR GRAVE!
Forecast, how’d you know? How will you be saved?
Lyrics submitted by Panama904
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