"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.
When you clear out all the smoke, the memories of those years
Seem dimly lit like I never replaced a light bulb.
When you clear out all the smoke, they found me on your neighbor's lawn,
Rambling on, dizzy and upset and freezing cold.
But I know how it looked when I fell to pieces around you.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
I'm not going home, I got suckered in.
Please, don't make me feel like a disaster.
I'm learning how to put the pieces back together
And turn the aching to composure.
I'm thinking with my head first;
No more broken phones or swollen knuckles
From putting holes in the booth by the back wall.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
I'm not going home, I got suckered in.
When you clear out all the smoke, I guess everyone's alone.
When you clear out all the smoke, I don't see why that's so wrong.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
There's no going home, I got suckered in.
I got suckered in.
There's no going home, I got suckered in.
There's no going home again.
Seem dimly lit like I never replaced a light bulb.
When you clear out all the smoke, they found me on your neighbor's lawn,
Rambling on, dizzy and upset and freezing cold.
But I know how it looked when I fell to pieces around you.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
I'm not going home, I got suckered in.
Please, don't make me feel like a disaster.
I'm learning how to put the pieces back together
And turn the aching to composure.
I'm thinking with my head first;
No more broken phones or swollen knuckles
From putting holes in the booth by the back wall.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
I'm not going home, I got suckered in.
When you clear out all the smoke, I guess everyone's alone.
When you clear out all the smoke, I don't see why that's so wrong.
I'm a chaser but I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home again.
I'm a chaser, I found stronger winds.
If you believe her, there's no going home.
There's no going home, I got suckered in.
I got suckered in.
There's no going home, I got suckered in.
There's no going home again.
Lyrics submitted by Surgical_Tools
Chaser Lyrics as written by Eddie Daniels
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think this song is about the person who wrote its addiction to smoking. and he stopped and so now life is clearer but all his memories when he was on drugs, are not memories that are easy to reach. i think he is saying that the drugs made him fall apart and he is having a hard time getting away from them because they made him feel home. and the title seems to suggest that he chased drinks or drugs with more smoking. "Im a chaser but i found stronger winds" suggests that he found something better than smoking