"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.
So come on, love
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
Cause we had love
We just let it slide
I tried to take your picture; you covered up your eyes
Afraid of what I'd see, afraid of what I'd find
A Polaroid that won't come through, you've disappeared
And all I see is a drawn outline, ghosts in the mine
Marking time
So come on, love
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
'Cause we had love
We just let it slide
Endlessly, we move asleep
Desperately, carelessly
Walk with me
Talk to me
Eventually, we'll get it right
So come on, love
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
'Cause we had love
We just let it slide
Endlessly, we move asleep
Desperately, carelessly
Walk with me
Talk to me
Eventually, we'll get it right
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
Cause we had love
We just let it slide
I tried to take your picture; you covered up your eyes
Afraid of what I'd see, afraid of what I'd find
A Polaroid that won't come through, you've disappeared
And all I see is a drawn outline, ghosts in the mine
Marking time
So come on, love
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
'Cause we had love
We just let it slide
Endlessly, we move asleep
Desperately, carelessly
Walk with me
Talk to me
Eventually, we'll get it right
So come on, love
We can make this right
If you want love
Then come back inside
'Cause we had love
We just let it slide
Endlessly, we move asleep
Desperately, carelessly
Walk with me
Talk to me
Eventually, we'll get it right
Lyrics submitted by sleepytime35
Endlessly Lyrics as written by Brian Rosenworcel Adam Gardner
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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