"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.
I'm lost again
Where have my friends all gone?
Been chasin' stars so long
That home feels like a distant memory
Guess I can turn my woes into familiar melodies
Hey!
I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey!
I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la liberated
Ten thousand words cling to photos of memories
Can't tell what hurts but you know I'm the enemy
Everybody sins
Everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts
Decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect
But everyone's searchin', I'm sure
Roll the windows down
Let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud
Let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound
When the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down
(Come alive)
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
They say don't get caught up in regret, learn from
Everything you've lost, let go of all you've done
Everybody sins
Everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts
Decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect
But everyone's searchin', I'm sure
Hey!
I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey!
I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la liberated
Roll the windows down
Let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud
Let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound
When the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down
(Come alive)
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your fucked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healin'
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your fucked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healin'
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky
Where have my friends all gone?
Been chasin' stars so long
That home feels like a distant memory
Guess I can turn my woes into familiar melodies
Hey!
I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey!
I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la liberated
Ten thousand words cling to photos of memories
Can't tell what hurts but you know I'm the enemy
Everybody sins
Everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts
Decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect
But everyone's searchin', I'm sure
Roll the windows down
Let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud
Let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound
When the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down
(Come alive)
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
They say don't get caught up in regret, learn from
Everything you've lost, let go of all you've done
Everybody sins
Everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts
Decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect
But everyone's searchin', I'm sure
Hey!
I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey!
I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la liberated
Roll the windows down
Let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud
Let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound
When the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down
(Come alive)
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
I want you
To matter to you
Forget those
Backstabbers
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your fucked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healin'
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your fucked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healin'
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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