"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.
Nights before
I thought about all the days we made it out
But today I face tomorrow
Yes there's bigger fear than before
And lonely nights are getting more
But there won't be lies and sorrow
Again I have been told to let you go
Oh no
I am sorry, cause my head won't so
Burn my heart
Burn it out
Cause without you there's no doubt
That I won't need all those feelings for a new dawn
Take my soul
Carry down all those memories to your ground
But the water in your eyes says
Forever we are bound
Blackened times I hoped in pain
But all attempts were in vain
That you would change your destination
No there are no feelings left
Little needles bigger shaft
In my head just my fixation
Again I have been told to let you go
Oh no
But otherwise my blood would stop to flow
Burn my heart
Burn it out
Cause without you there's no doubt
That I won't need all those feelings for a new dawn
Take my soul
Carry down all those memories to your ground
But the water in your eyes says
Forever we are bound
I thought about all the days we made it out
But today I face tomorrow
Yes there's bigger fear than before
And lonely nights are getting more
But there won't be lies and sorrow
Again I have been told to let you go
Oh no
I am sorry, cause my head won't so
Burn my heart
Burn it out
Cause without you there's no doubt
That I won't need all those feelings for a new dawn
Take my soul
Carry down all those memories to your ground
But the water in your eyes says
Forever we are bound
Blackened times I hoped in pain
But all attempts were in vain
That you would change your destination
No there are no feelings left
Little needles bigger shaft
In my head just my fixation
Again I have been told to let you go
Oh no
But otherwise my blood would stop to flow
Burn my heart
Burn it out
Cause without you there's no doubt
That I won't need all those feelings for a new dawn
Take my soul
Carry down all those memories to your ground
But the water in your eyes says
Forever we are bound
Lyrics submitted by BreezyDragon
New Dawn Lyrics as written by Martin Harb
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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