"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.
I'm thinking deeper now that my eyes are red
Breathing in the clouds cause I'm over it
There is nothing I have to answer for
'Cause I'm not fazed by it anymore
Will you ever know the truth hidden from yourself
Keep your heart away for your mental health
'Cause I know you understand
How it goes
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
I'm counting down the days 'til you realize
That you can't pretend to know without open eyes
Take this chance to understand how it goes
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
She pulled me in and said
Oh darling you're right
You need to fix yourself
I thought I told you last time
I'm going back again
You can't change my mind
You never made no sense
It's the only time of day I'm always
Its the only thing I feel thats always
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
Breathing in the clouds cause I'm over it
There is nothing I have to answer for
'Cause I'm not fazed by it anymore
Will you ever know the truth hidden from yourself
Keep your heart away for your mental health
'Cause I know you understand
How it goes
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
I'm counting down the days 'til you realize
That you can't pretend to know without open eyes
Take this chance to understand how it goes
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
She pulled me in and said
Oh darling you're right
You need to fix yourself
I thought I told you last time
I'm going back again
You can't change my mind
You never made no sense
It's the only time of day I'm always
Its the only thing I feel thats always
It's the only time of day I'm always
It's the only thing I feel thats always
If or only you could feel this with me
Maybe you would change your mind and tell me
Lyrics submitted by TommyLiao
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