"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.
addicted to monotonous crush
i even dropped out of school
to catch up on sleep
take the train for hours
and then try to forget
where you left your heart
read the free form poem
to your locked door
if you find them
they were never mine...
if you don't - well - nevermind
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
(it all makes sense to me)
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
i set the alarm just to remind myself
that i spent the day all by myself
this is my story - love...
day one to now...
background music to a silent film
you see- the curtains feeling down...
i helped this city burn to the ground
they said it tried to make amends
but i never heard a sound
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
i even dropped out of school
to catch up on sleep
take the train for hours
and then try to forget
where you left your heart
read the free form poem
to your locked door
if you find them
they were never mine...
if you don't - well - nevermind
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
(it all makes sense to me)
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
i set the alarm just to remind myself
that i spent the day all by myself
this is my story - love...
day one to now...
background music to a silent film
you see- the curtains feeling down...
i helped this city burn to the ground
they said it tried to make amends
but i never heard a sound
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
Lyrics submitted by SkyBluToo
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