"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.
Tell me what I'm supposed to feel because I don't feel this
Sick and tired and it's all the same
Too much, different day, all day, every day
Wish you were perfect? Well welcome to your fifteen minutes of fame
Come get it while it's hot, you want it, we got it, come get it now
Can you feel me now? Tell me how I'm supposed to feel
For you, when all you do is hold me down?
Told me I'm nothing, tell me what you're thinking now
So you wanna turn me inside out?
Should I let you in or spit you out?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me?
Tell me what I'm supposed to feel, because I can't feel this
Hollowed out and you wonder why
Too much, not enough, slow down, pick it up
Genuine adrenaline giving me highs, so high, so high
So talk your talk, walk your walk
But as far as I can see
On the inside out you're about as ugly as me
Except now I'm fit to knock you down
Tell me I'm nothing
Tell me what you're thinking now
So back off
So you wanna turn me inside out?
Should I let you in or spit you out?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me now?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come get it
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come on
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come get it
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come on
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me now?
Sick and tired and it's all the same
Too much, different day, all day, every day
Wish you were perfect? Well welcome to your fifteen minutes of fame
Come get it while it's hot, you want it, we got it, come get it now
Can you feel me now? Tell me how I'm supposed to feel
For you, when all you do is hold me down?
Told me I'm nothing, tell me what you're thinking now
So you wanna turn me inside out?
Should I let you in or spit you out?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me?
Tell me what I'm supposed to feel, because I can't feel this
Hollowed out and you wonder why
Too much, not enough, slow down, pick it up
Genuine adrenaline giving me highs, so high, so high
So talk your talk, walk your walk
But as far as I can see
On the inside out you're about as ugly as me
Except now I'm fit to knock you down
Tell me I'm nothing
Tell me what you're thinking now
So back off
So you wanna turn me inside out?
Should I let you in or spit you out?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me now?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come get it
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come on
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come get it
Title match, main ring
No time to rethink
You swim or you sink
You want it, we got it, come on
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Now) can you feel me?
(Come on) can you feel me now?
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way to take a shitty song and make it even shittier. That's really hard to do, hat's off to you guys.