"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 have the power to save, you have the power to save me
Let me tell you the tale about a rivalry, grab an Eagle Number Two and keep the score
There were these two young boys that came from average broken homes
With all the luxuries, the middle class affords Oh, Lord
Elon's making me so sad cause I calculated the math of our birthdates
And I had a head start out of the start gate, two years plus eighty-six days, but that all went to waste
Oh, Elon you're making me so sad cause the race that I wanted to have was not much of a race
And I tried, Love and for a moment, I thrived, Love, but could not keep my stride up to keep pace
But for a second, there's no question, I had the lead in Ninety-Five
I mismanaged my advantage like a rocket ship you blasted by to incredible heights
Incredible heights
In Nineteen Eighty-Two, on Christmas day
Santa gave us each a brand-new Commodore
I used mine to make fake I.D.'s and buy beer in Junior High
While my foe studied every bit of that 8bit whore
Are you keeping score?
Cause Elon's making me so sad cause I calculated the math of our birthdates
And I had a head start out of the start gate, two years plus eighty-six days, but that all went to waste
Oh, Elon you're making me so sad cause the race that I wanted to have was not much of a race
And I tried, Love and for a moment, I thrived, Love, but could not keep my stride up to keep pace
But for a second, there's no question, I had the lead in Ninety-Five
But the small ambitions of a musician, I could not keep my eye on the prize
I watched you fly by to incredible heights
When it's time to say goodbye, what will they write on my tombstone?
Just that last little line from the Happy Days Video? Not so good, Jonze
Hey, Elon (hey, Elon!) I don't know what I have become (hey, Elon!)
I need someone to help change my fate I think you can save me (Can you save me?)
Do you think you can save me? (I think you can save me!)
Do you have the power to help me escape?
Oh, Elon, let me be the first one, of your new civilization to be saved
Yes, I'll try, Love! I swear to you I can thrive, Love, this time I'll keep my stride up and keep pace
Only you can change my Q-score make me the first one out of that door
First boots out on the Martian Floor to proclaim, oh, that Elon, sent me all the way, Son
A hundred thirty-nine million miles away, oh
Elon, send me away, send me away, Elon, send me away
Elon, tell me I'm saved, tell me I'm saved, Elon tell me I'm saved
You have the power to save, you have the power to save me
You have the power to save, you have the power to save me
(Send me away)
And then I will say, I went to Mars and won the race, yeah, I will say, I took first-place
Oh, I rode that Old Heart of Gold the whole way and in the end, HEY, I won the race!
Oh, oh, Elon, let me win the race, win the race, oh, Elon, let me take first place!
Elon, tell me I am saved, I am saved, Elon tell me I am saved
(Send me away!)
You have the power to save me, tell me I'm saved
Elon, tell me I am saved
You have the power to save me, send me away
You have the power to save.
Let me tell you the tale about a rivalry, grab an Eagle Number Two and keep the score
There were these two young boys that came from average broken homes
With all the luxuries, the middle class affords Oh, Lord
Elon's making me so sad cause I calculated the math of our birthdates
And I had a head start out of the start gate, two years plus eighty-six days, but that all went to waste
Oh, Elon you're making me so sad cause the race that I wanted to have was not much of a race
And I tried, Love and for a moment, I thrived, Love, but could not keep my stride up to keep pace
But for a second, there's no question, I had the lead in Ninety-Five
I mismanaged my advantage like a rocket ship you blasted by to incredible heights
Incredible heights
In Nineteen Eighty-Two, on Christmas day
Santa gave us each a brand-new Commodore
I used mine to make fake I.D.'s and buy beer in Junior High
While my foe studied every bit of that 8bit whore
Are you keeping score?
Cause Elon's making me so sad cause I calculated the math of our birthdates
And I had a head start out of the start gate, two years plus eighty-six days, but that all went to waste
Oh, Elon you're making me so sad cause the race that I wanted to have was not much of a race
And I tried, Love and for a moment, I thrived, Love, but could not keep my stride up to keep pace
But for a second, there's no question, I had the lead in Ninety-Five
But the small ambitions of a musician, I could not keep my eye on the prize
I watched you fly by to incredible heights
When it's time to say goodbye, what will they write on my tombstone?
Just that last little line from the Happy Days Video? Not so good, Jonze
Hey, Elon (hey, Elon!) I don't know what I have become (hey, Elon!)
I need someone to help change my fate I think you can save me (Can you save me?)
Do you think you can save me? (I think you can save me!)
Do you have the power to help me escape?
Oh, Elon, let me be the first one, of your new civilization to be saved
Yes, I'll try, Love! I swear to you I can thrive, Love, this time I'll keep my stride up and keep pace
Only you can change my Q-score make me the first one out of that door
First boots out on the Martian Floor to proclaim, oh, that Elon, sent me all the way, Son
A hundred thirty-nine million miles away, oh
Elon, send me away, send me away, Elon, send me away
Elon, tell me I'm saved, tell me I'm saved, Elon tell me I'm saved
You have the power to save, you have the power to save me
You have the power to save, you have the power to save me
(Send me away)
And then I will say, I went to Mars and won the race, yeah, I will say, I took first-place
Oh, I rode that Old Heart of Gold the whole way and in the end, HEY, I won the race!
Oh, oh, Elon, let me win the race, win the race, oh, Elon, let me take first place!
Elon, tell me I am saved, I am saved, Elon tell me I am saved
(Send me away!)
You have the power to save me, tell me I'm saved
Elon, tell me I am saved
You have the power to save me, send me away
You have the power to save.
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Elon Musk is Making Me Sad Lyrics as written by Matt Sharp
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING
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