"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.
Today I woke up and you were gone
The whole day wondering what I did wrong
It's like I'm falling from a mountaintop
My heart keeps pounding and it won't stop
Can you see this hell I'm leavin'
I'm not keepin' alone
Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I'll never crawl to you
I've done it all for you
Well don't deny
The hand feed you need you
Oh God I'd die to try to finally please you
There goes a piece of me
Will I cease to be
I've never lied to you
Fought bled and die for you
Well don't deny
The hand that takes you breaks you
Oh god I'd die to try to finally please you
There she goes and I'm on the ground and I'm on the ground I'm on the..repeat X 3
Well don't deny
The hand that feed you need you
Oh god I'd die to try to finally please you
Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I'll never crawl to you
I've done it all for you
The whole day wondering what I did wrong
It's like I'm falling from a mountaintop
My heart keeps pounding and it won't stop
Can you see this hell I'm leavin'
I'm not keepin' alone
Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I'll never crawl to you
I've done it all for you
Well don't deny
The hand feed you need you
Oh God I'd die to try to finally please you
There goes a piece of me
Will I cease to be
I've never lied to you
Fought bled and die for you
Well don't deny
The hand that takes you breaks you
Oh god I'd die to try to finally please you
There she goes and I'm on the ground and I'm on the ground I'm on the..repeat X 3
Well don't deny
The hand that feed you need you
Oh god I'd die to try to finally please you
Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I'll never crawl to you
I've done it all for you
Lyrics submitted by rabidpenguin
Deny Lyrics as written by Jeremy Hora Danny Craig
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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