"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.
Here I am beside myself again
I'm torn apart by words that you have said
All in all, I know we're falling apart
Where did you run to so far away?
Here we are to sing you a song
There you are asleep against the window pane
Just like always
You said you like to hear the rain sometimes
All I can do is tell you the truth
And oh, my eyes will tell you the same
Here we are to sing you a song
There you are asleep again
Grasp our hands together, we feel we are one result
I'm torn apart by words that you have said
All in all, I know we're falling apart
Where did you run to so far away?
Here we are to sing you a song
There you are asleep against the window pane
Just like always
You said you like to hear the rain sometimes
All I can do is tell you the truth
And oh, my eyes will tell you the same
Here we are to sing you a song
There you are asleep again
Grasp our hands together, we feel we are one result
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget, edited by ICollectCDs
Ender Lyrics as written by Alejandro Martinez Linares Alejandro M. Linares
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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