"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.
Brother, my brother
You can hold it all together
Night brings night
Where it 's cold and dark forever
If our lines alright
I never wanna see the night
Why oh why
In the darkness I'll be back for you
Brother, my brother
You've got to hold yourself together
Night, all night
I'll be running out forever
No we'll live and die
Far, far away from any eyes
Oh, now the darkness comes alive
Now the darkness comes for me
And it comes for you
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I'll find you aright
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
Brother, my brother
We can hold it all together
Night, all night
We're running out forever
No, we'll live and die
Far, far away from any eyes
Oh, now the darkness comes alive
It comes for me
And I come for you
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I'll find you alright
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I heard your final cry
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
There's a dream I had
Where somebody watched out for me and you
And in the end of life
There was no one there for me and you
There's a dream I had
There was no one there
In the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
Baby, in our lives
There was no one there for me and you
You can hold it all together
Night brings night
Where it 's cold and dark forever
If our lines alright
I never wanna see the night
Why oh why
In the darkness I'll be back for you
Brother, my brother
You've got to hold yourself together
Night, all night
I'll be running out forever
No we'll live and die
Far, far away from any eyes
Oh, now the darkness comes alive
Now the darkness comes for me
And it comes for you
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I'll find you aright
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
Brother, my brother
We can hold it all together
Night, all night
We're running out forever
No, we'll live and die
Far, far away from any eyes
Oh, now the darkness comes alive
It comes for me
And I come for you
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I'll find you alright
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
And I heard your final cry
Through the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
And I heard your final cry
Where you sleep tonight
I guess that's all you do
There's a dream I had
Where somebody watched out for me and you
And in the end of life
There was no one there for me and you
There's a dream I had
There was no one there
In the dark tonight
I'm coming back for you
Baby, in our lives
There was no one there for me and you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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