"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.
Truth is a whisper and only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
To the
It's always a risk when you try to believe
In this
I know there's so much more than me yeah
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one never keeps
And now it's changing while you sleep
And no one here can see
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell
Just to breathe
I need to question what I need
Rhythm of silence
That beats through your mind
Still you forget what you deny yeah
And I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one never keeps
And now it's changing in your sleep
And no one here can see
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Who's the one you answer to
Do you listen when he speaks
Or is everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
And will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Nobody hears above this noise
To the
It's always a risk when you try to believe
In this
I know there's so much more than me yeah
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one never keeps
And now it's changing while you sleep
And no one here can see
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell
Just to breathe
I need to question what I need
Rhythm of silence
That beats through your mind
Still you forget what you deny yeah
And I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one never keeps
And now it's changing in your sleep
And no one here can see
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Who's the one you answer to
Do you listen when he speaks
Or is everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
And will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
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