"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.
I wish things could go back to the way they were before
But they cant be anymore
Cause I wasted my time thinking I had everything going fine until
It hit me, all the problems I found within me
I can now see
That you and me can never be, again
So why am I
Always feeling like trash
When I think about you and me
What we would be
I feel like im coking
being suffacated
drowned in a sea of my own blood
I ask myself why
Cant I
Take the pressure anymore
Its shaken me to the core
I wish
It would go away
I feel so much pain
No one seems
To understand me
No one seems
To care about me
No one seems
To feel my pain
(silence for about 10 seconds)
Im wishin
hopin
dreamin
That we could be together again
but no
I cant seem to say
How i feel today or yesterday
Its not important anyway
Cause im no one without you
But I dont care
Leave me alone
Go away
Feel my pain
Take my hate, love, hopes, dreams, cares
I dont need them anyway
I just dont care
Ill sit in a corner
emotionless, blank
I wish
But they cant be anymore
Cause I wasted my time thinking I had everything going fine until
It hit me, all the problems I found within me
I can now see
That you and me can never be, again
So why am I
Always feeling like trash
When I think about you and me
What we would be
I feel like im coking
being suffacated
drowned in a sea of my own blood
I ask myself why
Cant I
Take the pressure anymore
Its shaken me to the core
I wish
It would go away
I feel so much pain
No one seems
To understand me
No one seems
To care about me
No one seems
To feel my pain
(silence for about 10 seconds)
Im wishin
hopin
dreamin
That we could be together again
but no
I cant seem to say
How i feel today or yesterday
Its not important anyway
Cause im no one without you
But I dont care
Leave me alone
Go away
Feel my pain
Take my hate, love, hopes, dreams, cares
I dont need them anyway
I just dont care
Ill sit in a corner
emotionless, blank
I wish
Lyrics submitted by publicaffairdrummer
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I really like the lyrics... where can i download a sample of the song????????