"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.
Winter without the morning
Dogs of the dawning are always wanting
Follow in sleeping
Friends in the far room have stopped their speaking
Speaking in tongues to whisper near
To hold so close and hold so dear
This curse is old, passed through the years
The tower tall is falling here
So keep distance
Keep distance from me
Don't say this house is haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
The tears come flooding like holy water seas
Don't say this house is not haunted
This house so haunted, it runs in the family
Don't say this house not haunted
This house so haunted won't ever let go of me
Follow in dreaming
Our bodies empty, touching the ceiling
Hollow hands hold the other
Rose of the morning has lost her color
Loses the red inside my chest
The borrowed bone that binds the breast
The curse is old and lasts the years
The tower tall is falling here
So keep distance
Keep your distance from me
Don't say this house is haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
The tears come flooding like holy water seas
Don't say this house is haunted
It runs forever like blood in the family
Don't say it's not what you wanted
This house so haunted, won't ever let go of me
Don't say this house not haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
This house so haunted, won't ever let go of me
Dogs of the dawning are always wanting
Follow in sleeping
Friends in the far room have stopped their speaking
Speaking in tongues to whisper near
To hold so close and hold so dear
This curse is old, passed through the years
The tower tall is falling here
So keep distance
Keep distance from me
Don't say this house is haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
The tears come flooding like holy water seas
Don't say this house is not haunted
This house so haunted, it runs in the family
Don't say this house not haunted
This house so haunted won't ever let go of me
Follow in dreaming
Our bodies empty, touching the ceiling
Hollow hands hold the other
Rose of the morning has lost her color
Loses the red inside my chest
The borrowed bone that binds the breast
The curse is old and lasts the years
The tower tall is falling here
So keep distance
Keep your distance from me
Don't say this house is haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
The tears come flooding like holy water seas
Don't say this house is haunted
It runs forever like blood in the family
Don't say it's not what you wanted
This house so haunted, won't ever let go of me
Don't say this house not haunted
This house is haunted like hell on earth for me
Don't say it's not what you wanted
This house so haunted, won't ever let go of me
Lyrics submitted by smallwonderrobot
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