"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 SEE YOU
SAY YOU CAN FiGHT
TO SAVE A LiFE
TO PROVE YOUR RiGHT
i'VE FALLEN PREY TO A FURY OF iGNORANT MiNDS
WRONG KiND, MY KiND
ARROGANCE PURE iN ALL CONSUMiNG FiGHT FOR LiFE
CAN'T YOU SEE YOU ARE THE ENEMY
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
YOU SAiD YOU WHERE UNBEATABLE
THAT YOU WERE NOT LiKE ME
i DEDiCATE MY LiFE TO DEFEATiNG YOU
i TAKE YOUR LiFE AND LiBERTY
WiTCHHUNT OF ZOMBiES, DOWNTRODDEN MORTALS TAKE A STAND
THiS TiME MY TiME
NO MORE TO DiE AS PRiMEVAL JUSTiCE PLAYS iT'S HAND
CAN'T YOU SEE, DESTROY THE ENEMY
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
TAKEN ALL MY LiFE iN A DAY
MY LiFE CRUMBLED AWAY
FOR THiS PAiN THAT i FEEL YOU MUST PAY
MY LiFE CAPTURED iN VAiN
DESTROY ALL MY LiFE THAT'S YOUR WAY
MY HOPES SHROUDED iN PAiN
FOR THiS PAiN THAT i FEEL YOUR MUST PAY
i LEAVE YOU A REVENANT PAiN
WHEN ALL OTHER FORMS OF CONCiLiATiON HAVE BROKEN DOWN THEN iT'S TiME TO FiGHT
FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
SAY YOU CAN FiGHT
TO SAVE A LiFE
TO PROVE YOUR RiGHT
i'VE FALLEN PREY TO A FURY OF iGNORANT MiNDS
WRONG KiND, MY KiND
ARROGANCE PURE iN ALL CONSUMiNG FiGHT FOR LiFE
CAN'T YOU SEE YOU ARE THE ENEMY
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
YOU SAiD YOU WHERE UNBEATABLE
THAT YOU WERE NOT LiKE ME
i DEDiCATE MY LiFE TO DEFEATiNG YOU
i TAKE YOUR LiFE AND LiBERTY
WiTCHHUNT OF ZOMBiES, DOWNTRODDEN MORTALS TAKE A STAND
THiS TiME MY TiME
NO MORE TO DiE AS PRiMEVAL JUSTiCE PLAYS iT'S HAND
CAN'T YOU SEE, DESTROY THE ENEMY
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
TAKEN ALL MY LiFE iN A DAY
MY LiFE CRUMBLED AWAY
FOR THiS PAiN THAT i FEEL YOU MUST PAY
MY LiFE CAPTURED iN VAiN
DESTROY ALL MY LiFE THAT'S YOUR WAY
MY HOPES SHROUDED iN PAiN
FOR THiS PAiN THAT i FEEL YOUR MUST PAY
i LEAVE YOU A REVENANT PAiN
WHEN ALL OTHER FORMS OF CONCiLiATiON HAVE BROKEN DOWN THEN iT'S TiME TO FiGHT
FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT, FiGHT
i SEE
YOU BE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
i BE
YOU FLEE
NUMERiCAL SUPERiORiTY
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