"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.
You played more than a feature
Back then when I was pleased to meet you
You were on my team
You were a bobber and a weaver
You're just a pagan now, non believer
You're all about yourself
No one else
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let you get too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Big deal, I'm blessed
Keep talking, I'm unimpressed
You're way too out of your depth
My time will not be invested
You've changed
You used to be my friend
But I don't know you
Went too far, can't undo
The things you've done, no, you put me through hell
You only care about yourself
No one else
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let you too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Yo, look pon your face
You're dirty stinking waste
Member dem times when you deh pon my case
Straight chase, me carry pepper-spray mace
You're done for, now you better tie your shoelace
Waste!
You comin last in di race
You're notthin', my lord, you don't even have the ace
Nah, mate
It's just all too late, bruv
Back up, back up, nah bodda come my way
When you check it was all so phoney
Nuf gal yah have ya really tink seh mi lonely?
Whole heap a man I call my homie
Me give dem di wok and keep them moanin'
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let get you too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Back then when I was pleased to meet you
You were on my team
You were a bobber and a weaver
You're just a pagan now, non believer
You're all about yourself
No one else
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let you get too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Big deal, I'm blessed
Keep talking, I'm unimpressed
You're way too out of your depth
My time will not be invested
You've changed
You used to be my friend
But I don't know you
Went too far, can't undo
The things you've done, no, you put me through hell
You only care about yourself
No one else
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let you too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Yo, look pon your face
You're dirty stinking waste
Member dem times when you deh pon my case
Straight chase, me carry pepper-spray mace
You're done for, now you better tie your shoelace
Waste!
You comin last in di race
You're notthin', my lord, you don't even have the ace
Nah, mate
It's just all too late, bruv
Back up, back up, nah bodda come my way
When you check it was all so phoney
Nuf gal yah have ya really tink seh mi lonely?
Whole heap a man I call my homie
Me give dem di wok and keep them moanin'
Who the fuck are you though?
I should have never ever, ever let get you too close
If the truth be told
I can't wait to see you go
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Can't wait to see you break, break, break, break, break, break
Breaking your back
'Cause all you do is take, take, take, take, take
Never give back
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Waste Lyrics as written by Ellis Cruickshank Taylor Chenelle Williams-emmanuel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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