"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.
Life is a mystery,
everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
HOOOOOME
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing
I have no choice, I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes, Oh God I think I'm falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Like a child you whisper softly to me
You're in control just like a dream
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream, no end and no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me
You are a mystery
Just like a dream,
You are not what you seem
Just like prayer
No choice
Your voice can take me there
Just like a prayer
I'll take you there
It's like a dream to me
(repeat)
everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
HOOOOOME
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing
I have no choice, I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes, Oh God I think I'm falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Like a child you whisper softly to me
You're in control just like a dream
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream, no end and no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
When you call my name
it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees,
I wanna take you there
In midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me
You are a mystery
Just like a dream,
You are not what you seem
Just like prayer
No choice
Your voice can take me there
Just like a prayer
I'll take you there
It's like a dream to me
(repeat)
Lyrics submitted by Agerlund
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