"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.
It felt cold inside, so we threw the radio onto the fire
It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing
You said you felt weak
I hope its got nothing to do
With the things you told me
Nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You've got nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
If it's somewhere that's as cold as this
You were always meant to be like this
In the cold
It felt warm inside, so we threw the television on the fire
It wasn't frustration, because I had nothing to throw away
When there's nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
When there's nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
When you're somewhere that's as cold as this
It was always meant to be like this
In the cold
You've got nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You've got nothing but determination
To come in third
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that I'm always meant to be like this
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that you're always meant to be.
It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing
You said you felt weak
I hope its got nothing to do
With the things you told me
Nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You've got nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
If it's somewhere that's as cold as this
You were always meant to be like this
In the cold
It felt warm inside, so we threw the television on the fire
It wasn't frustration, because I had nothing to throw away
When there's nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
When there's nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
When you're somewhere that's as cold as this
It was always meant to be like this
In the cold
You've got nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You've got nothing but determination
To come in third
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that I'm always meant to be like this
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that you're always meant to be.
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
The Bronze Medal Lyrics as written by Colin Newton Bob Fairfoull
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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