"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.
God is light
Light is good
God is good
There's a bag lady siften through trash in my neighborhood
Asked for a light, ya know I understood
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Have you heard about the infant born with a handgun
Shot his twin brother coming out now he's an only son
He's a good boy, wait and see
We'll rehabilitate him one-two-three
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
They'll hear you playing your guitar
Hey Saint Augustine
There's a flaw you see
You've reasoned quite
Illogically
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
They'll hear you playing your guitar
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Light is good
God is good
There's a bag lady siften through trash in my neighborhood
Asked for a light, ya know I understood
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Have you heard about the infant born with a handgun
Shot his twin brother coming out now he's an only son
He's a good boy, wait and see
We'll rehabilitate him one-two-three
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
They'll hear you playing your guitar
Hey Saint Augustine
There's a flaw you see
You've reasoned quite
Illogically
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
They'll hear you playing your guitar
God is light
Light is good
God is good
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
Where you gonna run when they come for you?
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but its about making irrational connections with irrational ideas.
clearly the woman is asking for a light. not for god. shes hungry for food, money etc. god is the last thing on her mind. the point is, do not make a connection between someone digging through the trash looking for food and someone looking for god. there isnt one. so stoppit.
the dead giveaway....
"Hey Saint Augustine There's a flaw you see You've reasoned quite Illogically"
illogical ideas. illogical connections.
in response to kaciii, i can see where you are coming from. but why is it that the woman cannot be asking for god. i think this is a very plausible interpretation. she hungry, homeless and desperate. do people not turn to god in times of desperation?? i'm not saying she IS asking for god, but don't presume to be so omniscient as to say she is NOT asking for god.<br /> <br /> some other food for thought. st augustine the man was a theologian who created the framework for just war. he stated that a war could be just if 1) it is ordered by a prince with the proper authority, 2) there is just cause and 3) the intention is right (for good or against evil). i am reminded of this notion of just war when i hear the following lyrics:<br /> Hey Saint Augustine<br /> There's a flaw you see<br /> You've reasoned quite<br /> Illogically<br /> <br /> st augustine is also known for his contributions on the idea of original sin. basically that we are all guilty, we all suffer and we all feel a tendency towards sinning. one purpose of this theory is to justify the need to baptize babies soon after birth. hence the moe bit about the baby murdering his brother while "coming out". and this could also be tied to the previous lyric about illogical reasoning.<br /> <br /> ...a little bit about st augustine...