"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 seeing this girl and she just might be out of her mind
Well, she's got baggage and it's all the emotional kind
She talks about closure and that validation bit
I don't mean to be insensitive but I really hate that shit
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She thinks she's the victim, yeah
Now I know she'll feel abandoned
If I don't stay over late
And I know she's afraid to commit
But it's only our second date
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She says she's my victim
But she takes it all out on me
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door
Now she talks about her ex nonstop but I don't mind
But when she calls out his name in bed, that's where I draw the line
You told me a hundred times how your father left and he's gone
But I wish you wouldn't call me daddy
When we're gettin' it on
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She says she's playing the victim
And taking it all out on me
Yeah, yeah
My god, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay, gonna pay
Gonna pay, gonna pay
Gonna pay, gonna pay, woo
If you think I'm controlling
Then why do you follow me around?
If you're not co-dependent
Then why do you let others drag you down?
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door
Well, she's got baggage and it's all the emotional kind
She talks about closure and that validation bit
I don't mean to be insensitive but I really hate that shit
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She thinks she's the victim, yeah
Now I know she'll feel abandoned
If I don't stay over late
And I know she's afraid to commit
But it's only our second date
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She says she's my victim
But she takes it all out on me
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door
Now she talks about her ex nonstop but I don't mind
But when she calls out his name in bed, that's where I draw the line
You told me a hundred times how your father left and he's gone
But I wish you wouldn't call me daddy
When we're gettin' it on
And I said, yeah, yeah
Oh man, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
Yeah, yeah
She says she's playing the victim
And taking it all out on me
Yeah, yeah
My god, she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay, gonna pay
Gonna pay, gonna pay
Gonna pay, gonna pay, woo
If you think I'm controlling
Then why do you follow me around?
If you're not co-dependent
Then why do you let others drag you down?
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Page
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i love this song, reminds me of one of my ex-girlfriends, she wasnt as insane as the chick described in this songs, but it was a nasty break-up, and she never really opened up to me, randomly went into these lame quiet moods, would never talk about anything that was wrong. She was a little whacky.
That sounds rather similar to my last ex. I loved her like crazy, and at first it was great, but she gradually showed signs that she wasn't "into" me. Even though she told me she loved me "forever." She went out of town to work the summer, and from there, it fell apart. She drifted apart from me and always put her friends first. We had a bitter breakup, and she made me look like the enemy. It was bullshit. Alone forever, lol