"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.
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all?
Two shots and a body
Two shots and a body
Two shots and a body involved
Where are those subtle men?
With the decency to might be wrong
Where are those winter girls?
Who corrected, say women
I'm sorry
Forgiven
Why would we ever change?
Planets never see a day that isn't towards the Sun
Bliss is a cheap emotion
Everyone here seems to afford
So I don't know why I'm here without you, you
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all?
When you're not invited
You take what you're given
Some wait everyday for the call
Grief is a standing ocean
And I never swam unless you did
So I don't know why I'm here without you
I miss you
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all? (You)
I call to a spirit
You may never hear it
How else could I keep you alive? Alive
'Cause it's hard for me to love myself without you here
'Cause the days are slow but the years are fast
I wonder when I'll feel your smile
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all?
Two shots and a body
Two shots and a body
Two shots and a body involved
Where are those subtle men?
With the decency to might be wrong
Where are those winter girls?
Who corrected, say women
I'm sorry
Forgiven
Why would we ever change?
Planets never see a day that isn't towards the Sun
Bliss is a cheap emotion
Everyone here seems to afford
So I don't know why I'm here without you, you
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all?
When you're not invited
You take what you're given
Some wait everyday for the call
Grief is a standing ocean
And I never swam unless you did
So I don't know why I'm here without you
I miss you
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party?
Why go to the party at all? (You)
I call to a spirit
You may never hear it
How else could I keep you alive? Alive
'Cause it's hard for me to love myself without you here
'Cause the days are slow but the years are fast
I wonder when I'll feel your smile
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
39.28 Lyrics as written by James Francies Jr. Donald Glover
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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