"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.
Check it, check it out
Factory 81 cutting their first full length
Here's a little message about the fucking pigs:
Hey you find yourself, you're walking down the street
Every corner you turn you're just another freak
Catch yourself and jump back again
And don't believe; the cops can never be your friend
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
They're there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Now you'll see when you wake to another day
It always starts out with the freaks
Catch yourself and jump back again
And don't believe; the cops can never be your friend
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
They're there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Oh yea...what's up now piggys?
Oh yea...
***********(?)
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
Their there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Do you want me to cry?
You think I'm gonna cry?
Do you want me to cry?
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
And I'll never fucking cry for you
Factory 81 cutting their first full length
Here's a little message about the fucking pigs:
Hey you find yourself, you're walking down the street
Every corner you turn you're just another freak
Catch yourself and jump back again
And don't believe; the cops can never be your friend
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
They're there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Now you'll see when you wake to another day
It always starts out with the freaks
Catch yourself and jump back again
And don't believe; the cops can never be your friend
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
They're there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Oh yea...what's up now piggys?
Oh yea...
***********(?)
Now you'll see when you're down on your knees again
Their fist in your back and their knee in your neck
Their there to serve and protect, huh?
It's more like beat and fuck with zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
How can I be free?
Slap these cuffs on me I'm just a freak zero
Do you want me to cry?
You think I'm gonna cry?
Do you want me to cry?
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
Did you think I was gonna cry?!
FUCK YOU
I'm better than all of you
And I'll never fucking cry for you
Lyrics submitted by s0m3wh47d4m463d
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