"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.
When you look in the mirror, wish you were somebody else
Just a perfect reflection, you and no one else
Minutes run into hours, hours run into days
You're still waiting for someone who never ever came
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Never be the same again
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Never be the same again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
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Never be the same again
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Never be the same again
Go and run through the hallways, and find your way to the door
You will end up like always, back where you were before
Can you look in the mirror, wish you were somebody else
But it's still your reflection, you and no one else
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
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Never be the same again
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Never be the same again
No matter where you go, you'll never find your way home
You'll never find your way home no matter where you go
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Just a perfect reflection, you and no one else
Minutes run into hours, hours run into days
You're still waiting for someone who never ever came
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Go and run through the hallways, and find your way to the door
You will end up like always, back where you were before
Can you look in the mirror, wish you were somebody else
But it's still your reflection, you and no one else
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
No matter where you go, you'll never find your way home
You'll never find your way home no matter where you go
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
You were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
Fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Never be the same again
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Fa Fa Lyrics as written by Brian A. Rosenworcel Adam S. Gardner
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"One of my least favorite parts about the reviews on this site are the people who automatically think that the band members are talking about THEM specifically when the song is general. "
Erm, at the risk of sounding self-absorbed and/or paranoid, I'm wondering if that wasn't directed at me. If so, please note the line in my first comment: "Personally I don't think that's the band's intended meaning..."
Everyone finds their own meaning in music, and it only makes sense that that meaning relates to people's own experiences. And identifying with a specific aspect of a song doesn't automatically rule out being able to see the bigger picture, either.
One of MY least favorite things about the reviews on this site is when people state definitively what the song is about, period, everyone else is wrong. You're entitled to your opinion, but so am I. (And, whether either of us likes it or not, so is the moron whose post reads, in its entirety, "ThIs SoNg RaWkS!!!!!!1111 GuStEr Is KeWl!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111)