"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.
There was a time when I was lost in myself
You took my hand became my guide
There was a time you needed my help
I guess my Ego made me blind
It´s not the rain it´s not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
Stay free...
There was a time I had your life in my hands
And you had life left in your eyes
There was a time I caught your hiding inside
From something shining through the blinds
It´s not the shadow by the red lights
That makes my skin crawl late at night
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It´s not the rain it´s not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It´s your quiet heart
It´s your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Our love is dead you are free
You took my hand became my guide
There was a time you needed my help
I guess my Ego made me blind
It´s not the rain it´s not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
Stay free...
There was a time I had your life in my hands
And you had life left in your eyes
There was a time I caught your hiding inside
From something shining through the blinds
It´s not the shadow by the red lights
That makes my skin crawl late at night
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It´s not the rain it´s not the streetlights
That makes your skin so pale at night
It´s your quiet heart
It´s your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Your dream is gone you are free
It´s your quiet heart
And your silence
As your teardrops stain my sheets
Let´s take a trip through the wires
Our love is dead you are free
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I think it's pretty much about a guy who's reflecting back on a past relationship and realizes that he caused his ex a lot of pain that he didn't realize at the time because she never really spoke out about her unhappiness with the relationship. "There was a time when I was lost in myself You took my hand became my guide There was a time you needed my help I guess my ego made me blind "
This is about the beginning of the relationship, how she helped him find himself and supported him, and in the end he was too blind to see that she needed help as well.
The chorus "It´s your quiet heart And your silence As your teardrops stain my sheets Let´s take a trip through the wires Your dream is gone you are free Stay free"
it's beautiful, and says a lot about how the girl never spoke out about how unhappy he made her, and now that he realizes it, he doesn't want to drag her back into the relationship because she's better off without him.
I love this song, it's so sentimental and bittersweet.