"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.
Bring punishment to get hold of me
So cold like a glance from my eyes
Accept the way it's meant to be
A mental sacrifice
Go down hear the sound of a gentle man
Leading you straight to the void
Where the neon bastards they make
Dropouts out of leftover toys
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
So here I am going straight to the plan
Never knowing that I'm damned
Walking the thread that's so precious to me
A secret part of my history
My time- to short as nothing beckons to me
My time- goddamn what is it I try to be
Fill the hole a thousand feet below
Become the master of a freak show
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
Bring punishment to get hold of me
So cold like a glance from my eyes
Accept the way it's meant to be
A mental sacrifice
Go down- the keeper of your thoughts may be
Go down- a sacred child who just can't see
Counting the days. so amazed
Of this sweet and miserable effort
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[1st Lead Frenning]
[2nd Lead IA]
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
So cold like a glance from my eyes
Accept the way it's meant to be
A mental sacrifice
Go down hear the sound of a gentle man
Leading you straight to the void
Where the neon bastards they make
Dropouts out of leftover toys
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
So here I am going straight to the plan
Never knowing that I'm damned
Walking the thread that's so precious to me
A secret part of my history
My time- to short as nothing beckons to me
My time- goddamn what is it I try to be
Fill the hole a thousand feet below
Become the master of a freak show
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
Bring punishment to get hold of me
So cold like a glance from my eyes
Accept the way it's meant to be
A mental sacrifice
Go down- the keeper of your thoughts may be
Go down- a sacred child who just can't see
Counting the days. so amazed
Of this sweet and miserable effort
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[1st Lead Frenning]
[2nd Lead IA]
So!! Cold!!
Right! Now! [Repeat]
[Chorus]
No more angels, no more painful lies
No more strangers, nore more waste of time
Lyrics submitted by Blindwish
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