"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.
Liar ...it's almost your desire
I know you got the fire
and it will lift you higher
now get up..get up ...get up
Nowhere... will you find it stronger
now here you got it longer
it hits you like a bomber
now get up..get up ...get up
You feel addicted to it
so much you cannot prove it
you know that you can't fool it
back up ...back up...
unless you are up to it
It's it and you can't change it
your choice to love or hate it
cause you will never beat it
yeeeepaaah...!!!
When it becomes desire....
cause it will lift you higher....
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...you liar
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...get up .. liar
Deny... but never wonder why
its running in your vains
and spinning in your brains
until you get up..get up..get up
Sinner...this voice you hear is inner
but raise your middle finger
don't let it screw your thinking..now get up ..get up
There's nothing I would
give even if I should
cause I'm blind to see
what really belongs to me
all the things I want
expect to take I don't
so don't try to make me feel
I'm the slave behind the wheel...!!
When it becomes desire....
cause it will lift you higher....
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...you liar
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...get up .. liar
I know you got the fire
and it will lift you higher
now get up..get up ...get up
Nowhere... will you find it stronger
now here you got it longer
it hits you like a bomber
now get up..get up ...get up
You feel addicted to it
so much you cannot prove it
you know that you can't fool it
back up ...back up...
unless you are up to it
It's it and you can't change it
your choice to love or hate it
cause you will never beat it
yeeeepaaah...!!!
When it becomes desire....
cause it will lift you higher....
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...you liar
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...get up .. liar
Deny... but never wonder why
its running in your vains
and spinning in your brains
until you get up..get up..get up
Sinner...this voice you hear is inner
but raise your middle finger
don't let it screw your thinking..now get up ..get up
There's nothing I would
give even if I should
cause I'm blind to see
what really belongs to me
all the things I want
expect to take I don't
so don't try to make me feel
I'm the slave behind the wheel...!!
When it becomes desire....
cause it will lift you higher....
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...you liar
When it becomes desire
then you must start the fire
cause it will lift you higher
get up...get up...get up...get up .. liar
Lyrics submitted by SRNielsen
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