"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.
Waking up alone to somethin' I've been getting used to
It's been a while since I could call you mine
I tell all my friends that I've been happier without you
But I still think about you all the time
You bring my heart out
Spin me up and
I kinda wish you knew
How much you put me through
You bring my heart out
Think you broke it
Don't know if you'll ever see
How much you hurt me
Yeah, I know that I said you'd be easy to forget
But I know I'll never get you off my mind
And I know that I said that I'd wish we never met
But it's only 'cause you let me go
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
When you packed up all your things, I told you I was happy
But "Better off without you" was a lie
I tell all my friends that I've been happier without you
But I still think about you all the time
You bring my heart out
Spin me up and
I kinda wish you knew
How much you put me through
You bring my heart out
Think you broke it
Don't know if you'll ever see
How much you hurt me
Yeah, I know that I said you'd be easy to forget
But I know I'll never get you off my mind
And I know that I said that I wish we never met
But if only 'cause you let me go
I miss you more than you
(I miss you)
I miss you more than you know
('Cause you let me go)
I miss you more than you know
(You let me go)
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
It's been a while since I could call you mine
I tell all my friends that I've been happier without you
But I still think about you all the time
You bring my heart out
Spin me up and
I kinda wish you knew
How much you put me through
You bring my heart out
Think you broke it
Don't know if you'll ever see
How much you hurt me
Yeah, I know that I said you'd be easy to forget
But I know I'll never get you off my mind
And I know that I said that I'd wish we never met
But it's only 'cause you let me go
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
When you packed up all your things, I told you I was happy
But "Better off without you" was a lie
I tell all my friends that I've been happier without you
But I still think about you all the time
You bring my heart out
Spin me up and
I kinda wish you knew
How much you put me through
You bring my heart out
Think you broke it
Don't know if you'll ever see
How much you hurt me
Yeah, I know that I said you'd be easy to forget
But I know I'll never get you off my mind
And I know that I said that I wish we never met
But if only 'cause you let me go
I miss you more than you
(I miss you)
I miss you more than you know
('Cause you let me go)
I miss you more than you know
(You let me go)
I miss you more than you know
I miss you more than you know
Miss U More Than U Know Lyrics as written by Henry Agincourt Allen Fadil El Ghoul
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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