"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.
Spinning around my mental now
Oh, my head's been filled with doubt
What I kept inside will eat me alive
Or will it keep me safe and sound?
'Cause I'm half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
Losing a piece of what I found
Losing myself in all this crowd
If I told you I'd die
Would you keep me alive?
Oh, would you save me from myself?
Half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
I pretend, I pretend
I pretend 'til I bend and bend
'Til I'm broken
Are you broken?
I forget, I forget
I forget 'til it crept and crept
Am I hopeless?
Are you hopeless?
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
Oh, my head's been filled with doubt
What I kept inside will eat me alive
Or will it keep me safe and sound?
'Cause I'm half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
Losing a piece of what I found
Losing myself in all this crowd
If I told you I'd die
Would you keep me alive?
Oh, would you save me from myself?
Half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
I pretend, I pretend
I pretend 'til I bend and bend
'Til I'm broken
Are you broken?
I forget, I forget
I forget 'til it crept and crept
Am I hopeless?
Are you hopeless?
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Erase The Pain Lyrics as written by Aaron Rosa Lou Miceli
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