"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.
How did we get here?
We were just by the water, it seemed.
The wolves, they are howling-
And I think they know something we don't.
Now we're runnin' for cover-
Oh, I guess I should tell ya.
Sometimes we grow apart-
Sometimes I wish we'd start.
So let's just be here right now-
Until the wolves come out.
I know how we got here-
The water was destined to freeze.
The wolves, they are louder-
And I think that they're comin' our way.
Oh, I hope you found shelter-
Standin' somewhere you dreamed of.
Sometimes we grow apart-
Sometimes I wish we'd start.
So let's just be here right now-
Until the wolves come out-
Until the wolves come out.
When the wolves come quick in the night-
Make sure you got a place to hide.
If those walls can't keep all your company-
Is it even worth a fight at all?
When the wolves come quick in the night-
Make sure you got a place to hide.
If those walls can't hold all your poetry-
Then maybe we should stay outside.
We were just by the water, it seemed.
The wolves, they are howling-
And I think they know something we don't.
Now we're runnin' for cover-
Oh, I guess I should tell ya.
Sometimes we grow apart-
Sometimes I wish we'd start.
So let's just be here right now-
Until the wolves come out.
I know how we got here-
The water was destined to freeze.
The wolves, they are louder-
And I think that they're comin' our way.
Oh, I hope you found shelter-
Standin' somewhere you dreamed of.
Sometimes we grow apart-
Sometimes I wish we'd start.
So let's just be here right now-
Until the wolves come out-
Until the wolves come out.
When the wolves come quick in the night-
Make sure you got a place to hide.
If those walls can't keep all your company-
Is it even worth a fight at all?
When the wolves come quick in the night-
Make sure you got a place to hide.
If those walls can't hold all your poetry-
Then maybe we should stay outside.
Lyrics submitted by darrenhayesfan18
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