"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.
Right
Right, i've been so good so you are.
Hide my enemy.
I, have suffered.
In, they're right.
No one helps me.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Send me off to a boys in blue, rich want bad.
I'm losing my mind, but i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, and i thought you'd fade away.
I need to see, i don't want.
I have my own mind, i don't know.
I need to see, i don't want.
I have my own mind, i don't want.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Send me off to a boys in blue, rich want bad.
I open my eyes, and i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, as i don't play, lay.
You could see me suffer, whatcha thinkin' whatcha think of me.
Watch me suffer, I am trying.
You can call me stubborn, watch me suffer, whatcha do to me.
You can watch me suffer, let you cry.
Mad at yourself you punk, you'll still be lyin'.
You watch me suffer, just to bring it back again.
I don't wanna find the things that never let off me.
Watch yourself, livin ( ? ).
I open my eyes, and i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, as i want to fade away.
I hear my own voice, with the same familiar,
I'm losing my mind, but i'm so liked now.
Lover, i love to find out, it's just a lover, i love to find out,
it's just a lover, i love to find out, it's just a lover.
Now watch you fry.
This is forever, i watch you fry again.
This is forever, rahhhh!!
This is forever, i watch you fry again.
This is forever.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
You can see me suffer, you can watch me hit the moon.
You can watch me suffer, i am trying.
You can find me suffered, fuckin' with the clear moon.
You can watch me suffer, I'm a lie (alive)?
Right, i've been so good so you are.
Hide my enemy.
I, have suffered.
In, they're right.
No one helps me.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Send me off to a boys in blue, rich want bad.
I'm losing my mind, but i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, and i thought you'd fade away.
I need to see, i don't want.
I have my own mind, i don't know.
I need to see, i don't want.
I have my own mind, i don't want.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Send me off to a boys in blue, rich want bad.
I open my eyes, and i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, as i don't play, lay.
You could see me suffer, whatcha thinkin' whatcha think of me.
Watch me suffer, I am trying.
You can call me stubborn, watch me suffer, whatcha do to me.
You can watch me suffer, let you cry.
Mad at yourself you punk, you'll still be lyin'.
You watch me suffer, just to bring it back again.
I don't wanna find the things that never let off me.
Watch yourself, livin ( ? ).
I open my eyes, and i'm so liked now.
I'm laughing inside, as i want to fade away.
I hear my own voice, with the same familiar,
I'm losing my mind, but i'm so liked now.
Lover, i love to find out, it's just a lover, i love to find out,
it's just a lover, i love to find out, it's just a lover.
Now watch you fry.
This is forever, i watch you fry again.
This is forever, rahhhh!!
This is forever, i watch you fry again.
This is forever.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
Knee at yourself and watch you rock it with your pop again.
Back at yourself, rich want bad.
You can see me suffer, you can watch me hit the moon.
You can watch me suffer, i am trying.
You can find me suffered, fuckin' with the clear moon.
You can watch me suffer, I'm a lie (alive)?
Lyrics submitted by rockstar042081
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