"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.
You gotta say something, you never give me credit
And if you’re looking for love, then come and get it
I wonder where you are, another falling star
Do you wanna stay with me or do you wanna live apart
I push too hard, do I make you break
Maybe you’re for real or maybe you’re fake
Or
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me, you’re not talking to me
I see something burning in your eyes, and I hope it’s not the start of lies
What did I do to make you cry, don’t say I’m fine
And I’ve seen you up, I’ve seen you through
Every part of me wants to be next to you
I think too much, it’s not my luck
You say you’re ok, then you push me away
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me yeah
Whoa, I reach out to you and you’re pushing me back
Whoa, you’re on the attack, you’re on the attack
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me yeah, you’re not talking to me
You’re not talking to me
And if you’re looking for love, then come and get it
I wonder where you are, another falling star
Do you wanna stay with me or do you wanna live apart
I push too hard, do I make you break
Maybe you’re for real or maybe you’re fake
Or
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me, you’re not talking to me
I see something burning in your eyes, and I hope it’s not the start of lies
What did I do to make you cry, don’t say I’m fine
And I’ve seen you up, I’ve seen you through
Every part of me wants to be next to you
I think too much, it’s not my luck
You say you’re ok, then you push me away
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me yeah
Whoa, I reach out to you and you’re pushing me back
Whoa, you’re on the attack, you’re on the attack
Maybe you’re the one, that gets me
Maybe it’s what we are, but can’t see
Maybe in your head, out of my bed
It’s so hard to achieve
And if it was life, I don’t wanna go
If it’s not love, you already know
Saying I’m fine is your way of not talking to me yeah, you’re not talking to me
You’re not talking to me
Lyrics submitted by Anistasia
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