"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.
take my hand
you'll never find
another quite like mine
if you look
you'll see that i'm
a lonely one
I lost my soul
deep inside
and it's so
black
and cold deep inside
sistine smile
you'll never know
the trap it's set
and if you did
you'd never look
into
its eyes
the sun don't shine
the wind won't blow
when you go hide
without your love
I'm lonely
deep inside
you'll never find
another quite like mine
if you look
you'll see that i'm
a lonely one
I lost my soul
deep inside
and it's so
black
and cold deep inside
sistine smile
you'll never know
the trap it's set
and if you did
you'd never look
into
its eyes
the sun don't shine
the wind won't blow
when you go hide
without your love
I'm lonely
deep inside
Lyrics submitted by •·¨Pøisøn·Päle¨·•, edited by ernestcello
Sistinas Lyrics as written by Glenn Danzig
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Wrong. There is no painting of two lovers reaching out to each other. It is God and Adam. Yes, the song is probably about unrequited love, but there is no such painting you are talking about in the Sistine Chapel.
Some parts of this song he sounds like Elvis. Now that's something :P
Elvis? If anything this sounds like a sad Roy Orbison song to me.
interesting idea jackalopehellrider! However the Sistine Chapel Ceiling does not have two "lovers" almost touching fingers, it is the hand of God giving Adam life. I believe the word sistine is suppose to take on a meaning such as pristine in the song. I agree with everything you said regaurding unrequited love being the focus of the song.
no comments? come on this is one of the greatest Danzig songs... god that voice just gives me chills
its a love song, of course someone wil say this is about drugs tho, but theyll be a nigger
I think it's about religion, not love. As to how it pertains to religion, I'm still trying to figure that one out.
Oh my god! This song is about DRUGS! Personally I like the live version on Thrall:Demonsweat Live.
But what exactly is a Sistine Smile?
looking up the word sistine just revealed that it has to do with pope Sixtus, which isnt really helpful in this context
i think its about a lonley guy(Yea, without your love I'm lonely deep inside). he found a girl and is telling her that he is nothing without her and how she moves him (Sistine Smile) like something from god. i dont think the drug thing has any weight cause danzig was never about drugs or other petty things. i really like danzig and this song is one of the best.