"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.
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
I feel good
I feel nice
I've never felt so satisfied
I'm in love
I'm alive
Intoxicated
Flying high
It feels like a dream
When you touch me tenderly
I don't know if it's real
But I like the way I feel inside
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
In the morning when I rise
You are the first thing on my mind
And in the middle of the night
I feel your heartbeat next to mine
It feels like a dream
When you love me tenderly
I don't know if you're for real
But I like the way I feel inside
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of (baby)
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above, oh-oh
You know the way to make me lose control
When you're looking into my eyes
You make me feel so high
Oh-oh, oh baby (oh baby)
Hey, alright (alright)
Ooh-ooh, hey-hey
Whoa
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions (emotions)
Higher than the heavens above
Oh yeah (higher)
You've got me feeling emotions, yes you do
Oh yeah
You've got me feeling emotions, yeah
(Higher, emotions)
(Deeper than I've ever dreamed of)
(You)
(Emotions, emotions)
You've got me feeling higher
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
I feel good
I feel nice
I've never felt so satisfied
I'm in love
I'm alive
Intoxicated
Flying high
It feels like a dream
When you touch me tenderly
I don't know if it's real
But I like the way I feel inside
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
In the morning when I rise
You are the first thing on my mind
And in the middle of the night
I feel your heartbeat next to mine
It feels like a dream
When you love me tenderly
I don't know if you're for real
But I like the way I feel inside
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of (baby)
You've got me feeling emotions
Higher than the heavens above, oh-oh
You know the way to make me lose control
When you're looking into my eyes
You make me feel so high
Oh-oh, oh baby (oh baby)
Hey, alright (alright)
Ooh-ooh, hey-hey
Whoa
You've got me feeling emotions
Deeper than I've ever dreamed of
You've got me feeling emotions (emotions)
Higher than the heavens above
Oh yeah (higher)
You've got me feeling emotions, yes you do
Oh yeah
You've got me feeling emotions, yeah
(Higher, emotions)
(Deeper than I've ever dreamed of)
(You)
(Emotions, emotions)
You've got me feeling higher
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Awesome song. It's fun to dance to and MC's voice is absolutely unbelievable. She's one of the best of our time. The song is about someone getting some amazing EMOTIONS from their lover. And those feelings have them on Cloud Nine and "satisfied" and "alive". To be that in love is a wonderful experience. I love the line: "I don't know if it's real/ But I like the way I feel... INSIIIIDE". Great song.